Prevalence of symptoms in children grouped by environmental factors
| Environmental factor | Total no. | Percentage prevalence of symptoms in children in each environmental group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeze | Speech limiting wheeze | Wheeze without colds | Rhinitis, itchy eyes | Spring/summer rhinitis | Cough without colds | Phlegm with colds | Phlegm without colds | >3 colds per year | Dry night cough without colds | ||
| Area | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan | 8955 | 30.8 | 8.0 | 19.4 | 18.9 | 6.0 | 32.3 | 60.2 | 23.2 | 27.2 | 48.4 |
| Non-metropolitan | 16438 | 35.5 | 9.3 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 6.7 | 27.8 | 61.7 | 20.2 | 27.4 | 43.8 |
| Pets | |||||||||||
| None | 7204 | 31.6 | 8.0 | 19.6 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 29.6 | 58.0 | 20.8 | 25.6 | 44.6 |
| Furry pets | 16728 | 34.8 | 9.2 | 22.2 | 19.1 | 6.7 | 29.2 | 62.6 | 21.4 | 28.3 | 45.6 |
| Other pets only | 1461 | 34.5 | 8.5 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 7.5 | 31.0 | 61.1 | 21.1 | 24.5 | 46.3 |
| Cooking fuel | |||||||||||
| Electricity only | 9277 | 33.9 | 8.9 | 21.6 | 18.0 | 6.8 | 28.2 | 60.6 | 20.4 | 27.2 | 43.7 |
| Gas | 15492 | 33.8 | 8.8 | 21.1 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 30.3 | 61.4 | 21.8 | 27.4 | 46.5 |
| Other only | 624 | 35.7 | 9.4 | 25.3 | 19.5 | 6.2 | 25.0 | 66.1 | 18.4 | 26.8 | 43.0 |
| Heating fuel | |||||||||||
| Electricity only | 6795 | 32.0 | 8.1 | 20.0 | 17.1 | 5.6 | 30.0 | 57.1 | 20.9 | 26.5 | 45.6 |
| Mains gas | 12294 | 33.6 | 8.6 | 21.3 | 19.0 | 6.9 | 29.5 | 61.8 | 21.1 | 26.9 | 45.4 |
| Coal, wood, oil | 4109 | 34.8 | 9.3 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 6.5 | 26.3 | 64.6 | 20.0 | 27.3 | 42.5 |
| Bottled gas, paraffin | 1526 | 38.0 | 11.6 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 6.5 | 32.3 | 64.1 | 24.8 | 31.6 | 49.5 |
| Other | 669 | 42.1 | 12.4 | 26.8 | 25.1 | 7.0 | 33.2 | 63.5 | 26.9 | 34.5 | 51.2 |
| Housing | |||||||||||
| Owned | 5059 | 34.4 | 10.0 | 22.1 | 20.6 | 5.8 | 36.2 | 58.3 | 26.3 | 30.1 | 50.6 |
| Council | 1013 | 34.9 | 9.7 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 7.4 | 32.7 | 63.2 | 23.2 | 27.9 | 47.0 |
| Other rented | 18338 | 33.5 | 8.3 | 21.2 | 17.9 | 6.7 | 27.2 | 62.0 | 19.7 | 26.3 | 43.7 |
| Other | 983 | 36.5 | 11.0 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 32.8 | 58.9 | 22.2 | 30.5 | 48.8 |
| Passive smoking | |||||||||||
| Nobody | 13498 | 31.8 | 7.6 | 20.0 | 17.2 | 7.0 | 25.5 | 60.6 | 17.7 | 25.3 | 41.2 |
| Mother only | 2963 | 34.5 | 9.1 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 6.4 | 32.2 | 62.1 | 23.4 | 28.1 | 48.8 |
| Father only | 3224 | 34.3 | 9.6 | 21.5 | 17.7 | 6.7 | 31.4 | 59.6 | 22.8 | 28.1 | 46.2 |
| Both | 2908 | 34.9 | 9.2 | 22.6 | 20.1 | 5.7 | 32.7 | 62.4 | 25.6 | 28.3 | 50.1 |
| Other | 2800 | 41.5 | 13.5 | 26.9 | 24.5 | 4.8 | 39.3 | 63.6 | 29.9 | 34.2 | 56.0 |
| Active smoking | |||||||||||
| Never | 15672 | 30.2 | 7.5 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 6.1 | 27.2 | 56.8 | 17.4 | 24.9 | 40.6 |
| Ex-smoker | 6433 | 36.6 | 9.9 | 23.0 | 20.5 | 6.7 | 29.6 | 66.3 | 24.0 | 28.7 | 49.9 |
| <Once weekly | 699 | 43.7 | 12.1 | 27.7 | 23.2 | 9.4 | 28.8 | 70.9 | 25.0 | 33.9 | 53.5 |
| Weekly not daily | 725 | 43.3 | 11.5 | 27.8 | 22.4 | 5.9 | 34.4 | 72.8 | 30.5 | 35.1 | 56.3 |
| Daily | 1864 | 48.1 | 14.2 | 32.6 | 26.1 | 7.9 | 45.5 | 72.9 | 38.6 | 37.0 | 62.3 |
| (Missing answers) | — | (1.7) | (1.7) | (1.7) | (1.4) | (1.5) | (1.2) | (1.0) | (1.4) | (0.4) | (0.8) |