Socioeconomic determinants of children’s

environmental tobacco smoke exposure and family’s home smoking policy Gabriele Bolte, Hermann Fromme for the GME Study Group* Background: Few studies have analysed the impact of different socioeconomic indicators on the prevalence of children’s environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at several indoor environments and on family’s home smoking policy. Methods: Data on 12 422 pre-school children (48 % female) from two cross-sectional surveys conducted during 2004–06 in Germany were analysed. Exposure assessment was based on parental report. Independent effects of socioeconomic indicators were determined by mutually adjustment in logistic regression analyses. Results: Low parental education, unemployment, low household equivalent income, non-German nationality, single-parent family and family size were independently associated with children’s ETS exposure at home and in cars. The strongest associations were observed for low parental education [at home: adjusted odds ratio (OR