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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy-MALES

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 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
RACE
White 1,889 1,453 76.9 74.3-79.2 289 15.5 13.5-17.8 56 2.7 2.0- 3.8 91 4.9 3.7- 6.3
African American 336 240 70.8 64.5-76.5 78 24.1 18.8-30.2 6 2.3 0.9- 5.7 12 2.8 1.5- 5.1
Asian 29 24 86.8 69.4-95.0 5 13.2 5.0-30.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 31 19 69.5 49.8-83.9 9 19.4 9.2-36.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 2 9.0 2.1-31.9
Other Minorities 139 86 62.8 50.3-73.8 38 21.5 14.4-30.8 8 6.3 2.4-15.7 7 9.4 2.8-27.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 152 98 66.2 55.8-75.3 41 25.1 17.3-34.9 8 5.5 1.9-14.4 5 3.2 1.0- 9.5
-English Speaking 42 30 71.6 53.1-84.9 9 23.6 11.4-42.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 2 3.2 0.8-12.1
-Spanish Speaking 110 68 64.7 52.3-75.4 32 25.5 16.5-37.2 7 6.5 2.2-17.9 3 3.2 0.8-12.1
Non-Hispanic 2,277 1,728 75.6 73.2-77.9 379 16.6 14.8-18.7 63 2.7 2.0- 3.6 107 5.1 3.8- 6.8
AGE
18-24 117 85 71.9 60.1-81.3 22 16.0 9.7-25.3 3 3.3 0.9-11.4 7 8.8 3.2-21.8
25-34 469 331 68.9 63.6-73.8 103 22.8 18.5-27.9 14 3.4 1.8- 6.1 21 4.9 2.9- 8.1
35-44 665 515 79.7 76.0-82.9 109 14.8 12.0-18.0 18 2.4 1.4- 4.2 23 3.1 2.0- 5.0
45-54 651 482 73.4 69.1-77.3 112 18.3 14.9-22.3 21 3.2 2.0- 5.2 36 5.1 3.5- 7.3
55-64 412 328 79.8 74.6-84.1 60 13.8 10.2-18.4 8 1.8 0.9- 3.8 16 4.6 2.5- 8.3
65-74 92 68 79.3 68.9-86.9 13 11.5 6.2-20.4 5 5.2 1.8-13.8 6 3.9 1.5-10.2
75+ 15 9 74.0 46.9-90.2 1 5.2 0.7-30.3 2 7.5 1.6-28.5 3 13.4 3.8-37.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 202 121 63.1 53.7-71.6 57 23.9 17.1-32.4 13 5.4 2.1-13.1 11 7.5 3.7-14.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 597 377 61.5 55.8-67.0 156 26.3 21.8-31.4 26 4.3 2.7- 6.8 38 7.9 4.5-13.4
Some Post-H.S. 544 405 74.8 69.9-79.1 100 18.8 14.9-23.3 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 24 3.4 2.1- 5.4
College Graduate 1,086 923 86.0 83.5-88.2 107 9.4 7.6-11.6 17 1.4 0.8- 2.4 39 3.2 2.2- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 61 39 72.1 58.0-82.8 14 18.7 10.1-32.0 3 2.8 0.8- 9.7 5 6.4 2.4-15.8
$15,000- 24,999 273 163 60.5 52.4-68.2 70 26.0 19.6-33.6 18 6.1 3.0-12.0 22 7.3 4.1-12.9
$25,000- 34,999 272 188 68.3 58.8-76.4 58 19.1 13.7-26.2 9 2.9 1.3- 6.2 17 9.7 4.0-21.6
$35,000- 49,999 398 285 70.9 65.0-76.2 79 19.7 15.3-24.9 12 3.6 1.7- 7.6 22 5.7 3.4- 9.5
$50,000-74,999 454 339 76.3 71.2-80.8 85 17.8 13.9-22.5 12 2.2 1.1- 4.3 18 3.6 1.9- 6.9
$75,000+ 775 653 84.2 80.8-87.0 91 11.4 8.9-14.3 12 1.8 0.9- 3.3 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 441 315 72.2 65.3-78.3 79 17.2 13.0-22.5 16 3.0 1.7- 5.2 31 7.5 3.5-15.4
No 1,972 1,497 75.2 72.7-77.6 339 17.5 15.4-19.7 55 2.9 2.1- 4.2 81 4.4 3.3- 5.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 560 454 82.0 77.5-85.7 68 12.1 9.0-16.2 14 2.2 1.2- 4.1 24 3.7 2.2- 6.1
Non-Veteran 1,867 1,370 73.0 70.2-75.6 352 18.7 16.5-21.1 57 3.1 2.2- 4.4 88 5.2 3.7- 7.2

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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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