Table 1

Parental smoking during pregnancy according to maternal characteristics, Pelotas 1993 and 2004 birth cohort studies

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Maternal smokingPaternal smokingMaternal smokingPaternal smoking
VariablesNo, n (%)Yes, n (%)No, n (%)Yes, n (%)No, n (%)Yes, n (%)No, n (%)Yes, n (%)
Family income (quintiles)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
 1st (poorest)630 (17.9)439 (24.7)487 (16.8)556 (23.7)550 (17.7)338 (28.6)537 (18.1)351 (26.4)
 2nd770 (21.8)413 (23.3)600 (20.8)574 (24.4)562 (18.1)307 (25.8)544 (18.4)325 (24.5)
 3rd596 (16.9)351 (19.8)503 (17.4)435 (18.5)590 (19.0)241 (20.4)573 (19.4)258 (19.4)
 4th758 (21.5)300 (16.9)621 (21.5)430 (18.3)685 (22.1)178 (15.1)645 (21.8)218 (16.4)
 5th (better-off)776 (21.9)271 (15.3)680 (23.5)354 (15.1)717 (23.1)119 (10.1)660 (22.3)176 (13.3)
Marital statusp=0.001p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
 Single mother399 (11.3)255 (14.4)546 (18.9)104 (4.4)455 (14.7)255 (21.6)660 (22.3)50 (3.8)
 With partner3131 (88.7)1519 (85.6)2345 (81.1)2245 (95.6)2649 (85.3)928 (78.4)2299 (77.7)1278 (96.2)
Schooling (years)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
 0–4856 (24.3)636 (35.9)702 (24.3)760 (32.4)382 (12.4)284 (24.1)380 (13.0)286 (21.7)
 5–81612 (45.7)836 (47.1)1317 (45.6)1102 (46.9)1159 (37.8)602 (51.2)1140 (38.9)621 (47.1)
 9–11719 (20.4)208 (11.7)592 (20.5)333 (14.2)1145 (37.3)250 (21.3)1059 (36.2)336 (25.5)
 ≥12337 (9.6)93 (5.3)276 (9.6)152 (6.5)382 (12.5)40 (3.4)347 (11.9)75 (5.7)
Age (years)p=0.045p<0.001p=0.373p=0.293
 ≤19643 (18.2)280 (15.8)573 (19.8)339 (14.4)571 (18.4)240 (20.3)555 (18.8)256 (19.3)
 20–342485 (70.4)1304 (73.5)2038 (70.5)1709 (72.8)2111 (68.1)786 (66.4)2020 (68.2)877 (66.1)
 ≥35402 (11.4)189 (10.7)279 (9.7)301 (12.8)420 (13.5)157 (13.3)384 (13.0)193 (14.6)
Skin colourp=0.006p=0.503p<0.001p<0.001
 White2765 (78.3)1328 (74.9)2222 (76.9)1825 (77.7)2349 (75.7)773 (65.3)2196 (74.2)926 (69.7)
 Black/mixed765 (21.7)444 (25.1)667 (23.1)524 (22.3)755 (24.3)410 (34.7)763 (25.8)402 (30.3)
Parityp<0.001p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
 01353 (38.7)490 (28.0)1186 (41.4)638 (27.5)1339 (43.1)345 (29.2)1287 (43.5)397 (29.9)
 1994 (28.4)463 (26.4)799 (27.8)648 (27.9)834 (26.9)284 (24.0)786 (26.6)332 (25.0)
 ≥21150 (32.9)799 (45.6)882 (30.8)1035 (44.6)930 (30.0)554 (46.8)885 (29.9)599 (45.1)
Height (m)p=0.002p<0.001p=0.003p=0.004
 Mean (SD)1.60 (0.07)1.59 (0.07)1.60 (0.07)1.59 (0.07)1.59 (0.06)1.58 (0.06)1.59 (0.06)1.58 (0.07)
Body mass index (kg/m2)p<0.001p=0.810p<0.001p=0.946
 Mean (SD)23.1 (3.8)22.2 (3.5)22.8 (3.7)22.8 (3.8)24.4 (4.6)23.7 (4.5)24.2 (4.5)24.2 (4.8)
Pregnancy duration (weeks)p<0.001p<0.001p=0.028p=0.797
 Mean (SD)38.1 (1.7)37.8 (1.8)38.1 (1.7)37.9 (1.8)38.5 (2.5)38.3 (3.0)38.4 (2.7)38.4 (2.7)