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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy-FEMALES

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 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 3,640 3,059 83.4 81.8-84.9 417 11.9 10.6-13.4 65 2.0 1.4- 2.7 99 2.7 2.1- 3.4
African American 967 799 83.3 80.3-86.0 138 13.8 11.4-16.6 17 1.3 0.8- 2.4 13 1.5 0.8- 3.1
Asian 33 31 94.5 79.9-98.7 2 5.5 1.3-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 85 75 87.3 74.7-94.1 9 11.1 4.8-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.8
Other Minorities 163 124 77.0 67.3-84.5 34 21.2 13.9-30.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 4 1.4 0.4- 4.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 197 146 75.2 66.5-82.3 46 23.1 16.2-31.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 4 1.3 0.5- 3.9
-English Speaking 83 68 84.0 72.4-91.4 12 12.6 6.1-24.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 2 2.4 0.6- 9.2
-Spanish Speaking 114 78 70.7 58.6-80.4 34 28.5 18.9-40.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 4.2
Non-Hispanic 4,703 3,953 83.8 82.4-85.1 554 11.9 10.8-13.2 82 1.8 1.4- 2.4 114 2.4 2.0- 3.0
AGE
18-24 242 190 80.0 73.1-85.5 41 15.6 10.8-22.1 5 2.4 0.9- 6.4 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0
25-34 912 746 80.9 77.5-83.8 133 15.0 12.4-18.1 19 2.1 1.2- 3.7 14 2.0 1.1- 3.5
35-44 1,314 1,099 84.1 81.7-86.3 170 12.5 10.5-14.7 15 1.1 0.6- 2.1 30 2.3 1.5- 3.5
45-54 1,361 1,158 85.3 82.9-87.3 142 10.3 8.6-12.4 25 1.8 1.1- 2.9 36 2.6 1.8- 3.8
55-64 845 718 84.8 81.5-87.6 91 10.8 8.4-13.9 15 1.7 1.0- 3.1 21 2.6 1.5- 4.4
65-74 170 144 87.2 80.8-91.7 14 6.5 3.6-11.5 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 9 5.4 2.6-10.9
75+ 36 28 83.8 68.6-92.5 5 7.9 3.0-19.1 1 3.4 0.5-20.6 2 4.9 1.2-18.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 309 217 72.7 65.7-78.7 70 21.8 16.2-28.6 12 3.5 1.7- 6.9 10 2.0 1.0- 4.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,339 1,038 77.2 74.0-80.1 224 16.4 13.9-19.3 34 3.1 2.0- 4.7 43 3.4 2.3- 4.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,422 1,185 83.3 80.7-85.5 182 13.2 11.2-15.6 23 1.3 0.8- 2.3 32 2.2 1.4- 3.2
College Graduate 1,831 1,661 90.0 88.2-91.6 123 7.3 6.0- 9.0 14 0.7 0.4- 1.4 33 1.9 1.2- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 268 206 75.6 67.8-82.1 39 15.7 10.5-22.8 12 4.0 1.8- 8.7 11 4.6 2.2- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 798 609 77.3 73.1-81.1 146 17.6 14.2-21.6 19 2.3 1.3- 4.1 24 2.7 1.7- 4.4
$25,000- 34,999 686 564 80.8 76.8-84.3 95 15.0 11.9-18.7 10 1.4 0.7- 2.8 17 2.8 1.5- 5.0
$35,000- 49,999 817 680 83.7 80.4-86.5 102 12.7 10.1-15.7 16 1.5 0.8- 2.7 19 2.2 1.3- 3.6
$50,000-74,999 857 728 83.3 79.9-86.1 104 13.0 10.5-16.0 8 1.5 0.7- 3.5 17 2.2 1.3- 3.7
$75,000+ 1,066 971 91.2 89.1-93.0 64 6.2 4.7- 8.1 9 0.7 0.4- 1.5 22 1.8 1.1- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 861 706 83.2 80.0-86.0 100 11.2 8.9-14.0 20 2.0 1.1- 3.6 35 3.6 2.4- 5.4
No 4,012 3,373 83.4 81.8-84.8 498 12.9 11.6-14.4 61 1.6 1.2- 2.3 80 2.1 1.6- 2.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 116 97 82.7 73.2-89.3 13 11.1 6.1-19.2 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 4 4.8 1.6-13.0
Non-Veteran 4,787 4,005 83.3 81.9-84.6 587 12.6 11.4-13.9 81 1.7 1.3- 2.3 114 2.3 1.9- 2.9

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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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