Smoke-free households by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Persons | 1997 | 69.2 (62.4-76.0) | 62.0 (55.8-68.2) | 63.2 (57.6-68.7) | 61.6 (55.9-67.3) | 56.2 (50.3-62.0) | 62.3 (59.5-65.0) |
| 1998 | 79.0 (72.9-85.1) | 71.0 (64.8-77.1) | 71.9 (66.3-77.4) | 65.5 (59.8-71.2) | 59.6 (53.3-66.0) | 68.9 (66.2-71.6) | |
| 2002 | 87.8 (81.4-94.1) | 77.0 (68.4-85.7) | 77.2 (69.9-84.6) | 75.1 (69.2-81.1) | 60.8 (53.4-68.3) | 74.6 (71.3-77.9) | |
| 2003 | 82.2 (74.5-89.9) | 80.5 (74.0-87.1) | 85.5 (80.7-90.2) | 78.9 (73.5-84.2) | 77.0 (70.5-83.4) | 80.7 (78.0-83.4) | |
| 2004 | 88.7 (80.8-96.5) | 84.6 (78.2-90.9) | 73.1 (64.4-81.7) | 79.9 (72.8-87.0) | 71.7 (62.5-80.8) | 79.7 (76.1-83.3) | |
| 2005 | 88.1 (82.6-93.7) | 79.9 (72.9-86.8) | 82.8 (76.3-89.4) | 77.4 (69.9-84.9) | 67.0 (58.3-75.7) | 79.5 (76.4-82.7) | |
| 2006 | 98.1 (95.6-100) | 74.5 (65.4-83.5) | 81.9 (74.6-89.2) | 79.8 (71.5-88.2) | 79.2 (71.4-86.9) | 82.5 (79.2-85.9) | |
| 2007 | 86.8 (78.4-95.1) | 87.3 (79.9-94.6) | 85.1 (78.1-92.1) | 83.2 (75.1-91.4) | 72.4 (62.8-81.9) | 83.1 (79.5-86.8) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,867), 1998 (1,745), 2002 (1,174), 2003 (1,253), 2004 ( 815), 2005 ( 922), 2006 ( 643), 2007 ( 595). The indicator includes those who indicated their home was smoke-free. The question used to define the indicator was: Which of the following best describes your home situation: My home is smoke-free, People occasionally smoke in the house, or People frequently smoke in the house? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 June 2008 |