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PHY1.C Indoor air quality: Percentage of children ages 0–6 living in homes where someone smokes regularly by race and Hispanic origin, and poverty status, 2003

excel icon PHY1C Excel Table

Characteristic Percentage
All
Total 10.6
Race and Hispanic origina
White, non-Hispanic 11.1
Black, non-Hispanic 14.2
Hispanic 3.8
Other, non-Hispanic 12.3
Household poverty status
Below 100% poverty 21.8
100–200% poverty 18.4
200% poverty and Above 6.7
a The revised 1997 OMB standards were used to classify persons into one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Data on race and Hispanic origin were collected separately, but are combined for reporting. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division, National Survey on Environmental Management of Asthma and Children's Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke.