Table 2

Prevalence of regular exposure to some ETS and mean ETS exposure in each age, sex, and ethnic subgroup

Prevalence of regular exposure to ETS (%)2-15095% CIMinutes per week of ETS exposure2-15095% CI
Age (years)2-151
 <355754–605753–62
 35–504744–503735–40
 >503128–342018–22
Sex2-151
 Men4947–514138–43
 Women3330–362321–25
Ethnicity2-151
 European4341–453130–33
 Maori6055–657967–94
 Pacific Islands5648–645341–67
  • 2-150 Adjusted for age and sex (or when stratified by one of these, adjusted for the other).

  • 2-151 F-tests for heterogeneity across age, sex or ethnic groups: each p < 0.0001.

  • CI = confidence intervals.