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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Not allowed Allowed in some areas Allowed in all areas No official policy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,254 5,043 80.6 79.3-81.8 895 14.5 13.4-15.7 160 2.5 2.0- 3.1 156 2.4 1.9- 2.9
-NE Partnership II 172 138 80.7 73.0-86.7 23 13.9 8.7-21.3 7 3.2 1.4- 6.9 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2
GENDER
Male 47 37 77.3 61.9-87.7 6 15.8 7.1-31.3 2 3.7 0.9-13.7 2 3.3 0.8-12.6
Female 125 101 82.9 74.1-89.2 17 12.6 7.2-21.3 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9 2 1.6 0.3- 7.2
RACE
White 107 86 81.5 71.9-88.3 12 10.3 5.3-19.1 6 5.4 2.3-12.1 3 2.8 0.8- 9.0
Other 64 51 79.7 66.1-88.8 11 18.1 9.5-31.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.7
AGE
18-44 77 60 80.6 68.7-88.7 10 12.8 6.1-24.7 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3 4 4.6 1.6-12.5
45+ 94 77 80.8 69.7-88.5 13 15.0 8.1-25.9 4 4.3 1.5-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 50 71.7 58.2-82.1 15 21.1 11.9-34.6 4 5.4 2.0-14.1 1 1.8 0.2-11.6
Some College + 102 88 87.3 77.9-93.0 8 8.6 3.9-18.1 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 3 2.6 0.8- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 77 76.6 65.7-84.7 18 17.2 10.1-27.9 4 3.6 1.3- 9.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4
$50,000+ 48 43 86.3 69.5-94.6 3 10.9 3.6-28.8 2 2.8 0.6-11.4 0 0.0 . - .

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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