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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand 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%)
TOTAL 7,332 5,928 79.3 77.9-80.6 1,020 14.9 13.8-16.0 154 2.3 1.8- 2.8 230 3.6 2.9- 4.3
GENDER
Male 2,429 1,826 74.8 72.3-77.0 420 17.4 15.5-19.5 71 2.9 2.1- 4.0 112 4.9 3.7- 6.5
Female 4,903 4,102 83.3 81.9-84.6 600 12.6 11.4-13.9 83 1.7 1.3- 2.3 118 2.4 1.9- 3.0
RACE
White 5,529 4,512 80.4 78.9-81.8 706 13.6 12.4-14.9 121 2.3 1.8- 2.9 190 3.7 3.1- 4.4
African American 1,303 1,039 77.8 74.5-80.8 216 18.3 15.5-21.4 23 1.8 1.0- 3.1 25 2.1 1.3- 3.3
Asian 62 55 89.6 78.0-95.4 7 10.4 4.6-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 116 94 80.4 69.9-87.9 18 14.3 8.3-23.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 3 4.5 1.3-14.3
Other Minorities 302 210 68.0 59.1-75.7 72 21.4 15.9-28.0 9 4.2 1.6-10.2 11 6.5 2.1-18.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 349 244 70.0 63.0-76.2 87 24.3 18.7-30.9 9 3.3 1.2- 8.6 9 2.4 1.0- 5.9
-English Speaking 125 98 78.2 67.7-86.0 21 17.7 10.5-28.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2
-Spanish Speaking 224 146 67.0 58.1-74.8 66 26.7 19.7-35.0 7 4.0 1.3-11.5 5 2.3 0.7- 7.6
Non-Hispanic 6,980 5,681 80.0 78.7-81.3 933 14.1 13.0-15.3 145 2.2 1.8- 2.7 221 3.6 3.0- 4.5
AGE
18-24 359 275 76.0 69.3-81.7 63 15.8 11.6-21.1 8 2.8 1.2- 6.5 13 5.3 2.3-11.8
25-34 1,381 1,077 75.0 71.9-78.0 236 18.8 16.3-21.7 33 2.7 1.8- 4.2 35 3.4 2.2- 5.0
35-44 1,979 1,614 82.0 79.9-84.0 279 13.6 11.9-15.5 33 1.7 1.1- 2.7 53 2.7 1.9- 3.7
45-54 2,012 1,640 80.0 77.7-82.1 254 13.9 12.0-16.0 46 2.4 1.7- 3.4 72 3.7 2.8- 4.8
55-64 1,257 1,046 82.6 79.7-85.2 151 12.2 10.0-14.7 23 1.8 1.1- 2.8 37 3.5 2.3- 5.3
65-74 262 212 83.7 78.1-88.1 27 8.7 5.6-13.2 8 2.8 1.2- 6.6 15 4.8 2.7- 8.4
75+ 51 37 79.8 66.3-88.8 6 6.8 2.7-15.9 3 5.1 1.5-15.3 5 8.4 3.3-19.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 511 338 67.5 61.4-73.0 127 23.0 18.3-28.4 25 4.5 2.4- 8.5 21 5.0 2.8- 9.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,936 1,415 69.9 66.7-73.0 380 21.0 18.5-23.8 60 3.6 2.6- 5.0 81 5.5 3.7- 8.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,966 1,590 79.9 77.4-82.1 282 15.5 13.4-17.7 38 2.1 1.3- 3.1 56 2.6 1.9- 3.6
College Graduate 2,917 2,584 88.0 86.5-89.4 230 8.4 7.2- 9.7 31 1.0 0.7- 1.6 72 2.5 1.9- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 329 245 74.5 67.7-80.3 53 16.7 11.9-22.8 15 3.6 1.8- 7.0 16 5.2 2.9- 9.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,071 772 70.0 65.6-74.1 216 21.3 17.8-25.2 37 4.0 2.4- 6.6 46 4.7 3.1- 7.2
$25,000- 34,999 958 752 75.3 70.4-79.6 153 16.8 13.7-20.4 19 2.1 1.2- 3.6 34 5.8 3.0-11.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,215 965 77.9 74.7-80.8 181 15.8 13.4-18.7 28 2.5 1.4- 4.2 41 3.8 2.6- 5.6
$50,000-74,999 1,311 1,067 80.0 77.0-82.6 189 15.3 13.0-17.9 20 1.9 1.1- 3.1 35 2.9 1.8- 4.5
$75,000+ 1,841 1,624 87.5 85.5-89.3 155 8.9 7.4-10.7 21 1.3 0.8- 2.1 41 2.3 1.6- 3.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,302 1,021 78.0 74.2-81.4 179 14.1 11.7-16.9 36 2.5 1.6- 3.7 66 5.5 3.2- 9.1
No 5,984 4,870 79.6 78.1-81.0 837 15.0 13.8-16.3 116 2.2 1.7- 2.9 161 3.1 2.6- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 676 551 82.1 78.0-85.5 81 12.0 9.1-15.6 16 2.1 1.2- 3.8 28 3.8 2.4- 6.0
Non-Veteran 6,654 5,375 79.0 77.5-80.4 939 15.2 14.0-16.4 138 2.3 1.8- 2.9 202 3.5 2.8- 4.4

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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.

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