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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 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 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 3,640 3,372 92.3 91.1-93.3 141 4.0 3.2- 4.9 49 1.6 1.1- 2.2 78 2.2 1.6- 2.8
African American 970 918 95.9 94.3-97.1 28 1.8 1.2- 2.8 14 1.0 0.6- 1.8 10 1.2 0.5- 2.7
Asian 33 31 88.1 58.9-97.4 2 11.9 2.6-41.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 85 79 95.4 88.8-98.2 5 2.9 1.1- 7.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 164 143 82.6 71.6-90.0 15 13.4 6.8-24.8 3 2.7 0.8- 8.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 196 171 84.1 74.7-90.5 19 12.5 6.7-22.1 4 2.4 0.8- 6.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
-English Speaking 83 77 94.6 87.8-97.7 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0
-Spanish Speaking 113 94 78.6 65.2-87.8 16 18.1 9.5-31.7 2 2.6 0.6-10.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
Non-Hispanic 4,708 4,383 93.1 92.1-93.9 172 3.5 2.9- 4.3 63 1.4 1.0- 2.0 90 2.0 1.5- 2.5
AGE
18-24 242 220 90.9 85.5-94.4 14 5.9 3.2-10.5 4 1.8 0.6- 5.7 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6
25-34 913 845 91.5 88.6-93.7 42 5.1 3.4- 7.6 16 1.9 1.1- 3.5 10 1.5 0.7- 3.1
35-44 1,319 1,228 93.8 92.1-95.1 49 2.9 2.1- 4.0 16 1.5 0.8- 2.6 26 1.9 1.2- 2.9
45-54 1,360 1,272 93.6 91.9-94.9 45 3.3 2.4- 4.7 17 1.0 0.6- 1.8 26 2.0 1.3- 3.1
55-64 843 782 92.0 89.4-94.0 33 4.2 2.8- 6.1 11 1.4 0.7- 2.7 17 2.5 1.4- 4.4
65-74 170 155 92.5 86.9-95.8 5 2.5 0.8- 7.1 2 1.6 0.3- 7.4 8 3.4 1.6- 6.9
75+ 37 33 89.9 70.5-97.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.9 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 1 5.9 0.8-31.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 309 270 87.1 80.2-91.9 26 9.7 5.4-16.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4 8 1.9 0.8- 4.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,339 1,206 88.5 85.9-90.7 69 5.6 4.1- 7.6 29 2.9 1.9- 4.6 35 2.9 1.9- 4.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,421 1,321 93.5 91.7-94.9 57 3.7 2.7- 5.1 17 1.1 0.6- 2.0 26 1.7 1.1- 2.7
College Graduate 1,836 1,758 95.8 94.6-96.8 39 2.1 1.4- 3.0 16 0.8 0.5- 1.5 23 1.3 0.8- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 269 243 90.5 84.4-94.4 12 4.0 1.7- 9.1 7 3.1 1.2- 7.7 7 2.4 0.9- 6.5
$15,000- 24,999 797 712 88.4 84.9-91.2 50 6.9 4.7-10.1 15 2.2 1.2- 4.1 20 2.4 1.4- 4.1
$25,000- 34,999 689 642 92.1 89.1-94.3 24 4.3 2.7- 6.8 11 1.6 0.8- 3.1 12 2.0 1.0- 4.0
$35,000- 49,999 818 763 93.7 91.4-95.4 26 2.8 1.8- 4.4 13 1.4 0.8- 2.6 16 2.1 1.1- 3.9
$50,000-74,999 855 810 94.5 92.3-96.0 29 3.3 2.2- 4.9 5 0.9 0.3- 2.7 11 1.3 0.7- 2.6
$75,000+ 1,068 1,011 95.4 93.9-96.6 30 2.5 1.7- 3.7 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 18 1.5 0.9- 2.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 862 786 91.8 89.2-93.8 33 3.5 2.2- 5.4 18 2.0 1.1- 3.6 25 2.7 1.7- 4.3
No 4,016 3,749 92.8 91.7-93.9 156 4.2 3.4- 5.1 46 1.3 0.9- 1.9 65 1.7 1.2- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 116 107 91.2 82.9-95.7 2 1.6 0.3- 7.9 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 5 5.7 2.2-13.8
Non-Veteran 4,791 4,450 92.6 91.5-93.5 189 4.1 3.4- 5.0 65 1.5 1.1- 2.0 87 1.8 1.4- 2.4

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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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