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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 work areas?*

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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 7,339 6,650 89.2 88.1-90.3 364 6.0 5.1- 7.0 139 2.0 1.6- 2.5 186 2.8 2.3- 3.4
GENDER
Male 2,432 2,093 85.4 83.3-87.3 173 8.2 6.6-10.1 72 2.6 1.9- 3.4 94 3.8 3.0- 4.9
Female 4,907 4,557 92.5 91.5-93.5 191 4.1 3.4- 4.9 67 1.5 1.1- 2.0 92 1.9 1.5- 2.4
RACE
White 5,531 5,001 89.4 88.2-90.5 264 5.4 4.6- 6.3 111 2.1 1.7- 2.7 155 3.1 2.5- 3.7
African American 1,306 1,214 92.2 89.7-94.0 54 4.5 3.1- 6.5 19 1.4 0.7- 2.6 19 1.9 1.1- 3.4
Asian 63 59 90.6 76.4-96.6 4 9.4 3.4-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 116 104 89.5 80.1-94.7 9 6.0 2.7-13.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 2 3.5 0.8-14.1
Other Minorities 303 254 78.9 69.4-86.1 33 15.8 9.2-25.8 8 2.9 1.3- 6.5 8 2.4 0.8- 6.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 348 293 82.1 75.5-87.2 40 13.2 8.7-19.5 8 2.3 1.0- 5.2 7 2.3 0.9- 5.9
-English Speaking 125 114 90.9 82.0-95.6 4 2.1 0.7- 6.4 4 4.5 1.3-14.5 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6
-Spanish Speaking 223 179 78.8 70.3-85.4 36 17.4 11.3-25.7 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 4 2.3 0.6- 7.7
Non-Hispanic 6,988 6,354 89.8 88.7-90.8 324 5.4 4.6- 6.4 131 2.0 1.6- 2.5 179 2.8 2.4- 3.4
AGE
18-24 359 315 86.1 79.7-90.7 30 10.2 6.0-16.7 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7 9 2.4 1.2- 4.8
25-34 1,383 1,248 87.9 85.2-90.1 77 6.5 4.8- 8.6 30 2.6 1.7- 4.0 28 3.0 1.9- 4.7
35-44 1,984 1,816 91.8 90.2-93.1 88 4.1 3.2- 5.3 35 1.9 1.3- 2.8 45 2.2 1.5- 3.2
45-54 2,011 1,807 88.2 86.3-90.0 107 6.5 5.2- 8.1 38 2.0 1.3- 2.9 59 3.3 2.4- 4.4
55-64 1,257 1,153 90.8 88.5-92.7 49 4.2 2.9- 5.9 23 1.7 1.1- 2.7 32 3.3 2.1- 5.0
65-74 262 237 92.2 87.7-95.1 9 3.5 1.6- 7.8 6 2.0 0.8- 4.7 10 2.3 1.2- 4.4
75+ 52 44 86.2 71.7-93.9 3 4.6 1.1-18.0 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 3 6.8 2.0-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 513 424 82.0 76.7-86.3 57 11.6 8.2-16.2 14 1.8 1.0- 3.2 18 4.6 2.4- 8.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,936 1,687 84.0 81.0-86.7 134 9.1 6.9-12.1 56 3.7 2.6- 5.1 59 3.1 2.3- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,964 1,778 89.7 87.7-91.4 101 5.7 4.4- 7.2 32 1.7 1.1- 2.7 53 2.9 2.1- 4.1
College Graduate 2,924 2,759 94.1 92.9-95.1 72 2.8 2.1- 3.6 37 1.1 0.7- 1.6 56 2.1 1.5- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 332 290 86.5 80.7-90.7 22 7.3 4.3-12.1 10 3.0 1.4- 6.3 10 3.3 1.4- 7.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,069 925 85.5 82.1-88.3 78 8.0 5.8-10.9 27 2.5 1.6- 4.1 39 4.0 2.6- 6.0
$25,000- 34,999 961 868 85.8 80.7-89.8 47 9.0 5.4-14.4 23 2.5 1.5- 4.0 23 2.7 1.6- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,215 1,095 89.2 86.6-91.4 54 4.6 3.3- 6.3 30 2.6 1.5- 4.3 36 3.6 2.4- 5.4
$50,000-74,999 1,310 1,190 88.8 86.0-91.2 68 6.3 4.5- 8.8 22 2.0 1.2- 3.3 30 2.8 1.7- 4.5
$75,000+ 1,843 1,731 93.6 92.1-94.9 64 3.9 2.9- 5.2 17 0.8 0.4- 1.3 31 1.7 1.1- 2.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,305 1,149 87.3 83.7-90.2 73 7.4 4.8-11.1 34 2.2 1.5- 3.3 49 3.2 2.3- 4.4
No 5,989 5,464 89.7 88.5-90.7 289 5.7 4.9- 6.7 102 1.9 1.5- 2.5 134 2.7 2.2- 3.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 678 600 86.6 82.3-90.0 37 7.5 4.8-11.6 17 2.1 1.2- 3.7 24 3.8 2.3- 6.2
Non-Veteran 6,659 6,048 89.5 88.3-90.6 327 5.8 4.9- 6.8 122 2.0 1.6- 2.5 162 2.7 2.2- 3.3

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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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