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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 1,891 1,629 86.0 83.8-87.9 123 7.1 5.7- 8.9 62 2.8 2.0- 3.8 77 4.1 3.1- 5.4
Female 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
AGE
18-24 239 214 90.8 85.1-94.5 16 5.8 2.9-11.2 4 1.4 0.4- 4.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2
25-34 934 838 87.7 84.5-90.3 54 6.1 4.3- 8.5 17 2.4 1.4- 4.1 25 3.8 2.4- 6.0
35-44 1,433 1,313 91.5 89.5-93.2 55 3.8 2.8- 5.3 27 2.1 1.3- 3.3 38 2.5 1.7- 3.8
45-54 1,582 1,410 87.4 85.1-89.4 87 7.1 5.5- 9.0 35 2.3 1.5- 3.4 50 3.3 2.4- 4.5
55-64 1,049 962 90.7 88.1-92.8 40 4.1 2.8- 6.1 20 1.9 1.2- 3.1 27 3.3 2.1- 5.2
65-74 224 203 91.9 86.7-95.1 8 3.9 1.6- 8.9 6 2.3 0.9- 5.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.2
75+ 47 39 83.1 66.7-92.4 3 5.7 1.3-21.4 2 2.8 0.7-10.9 3 8.4 2.5-24.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 260 204 77.8 70.3-83.9 34 12.4 8.3-18.2 9 2.5 1.2- 5.2 13 7.3 3.5-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,373 1,178 82.6 79.4-85.5 96 8.9 6.7-11.8 48 4.5 3.1- 6.4 51 3.9 2.8- 5.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,473 1,326 89.9 87.8-91.6 79 5.5 4.2- 7.1 25 1.6 1.0- 2.7 43 3.0 2.1- 4.4
College Graduate 2,423 2,291 94.4 93.2-95.5 55 2.5 1.8- 3.5 29 1.0 0.6- 1.5 48 2.1 1.5- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 142 83.2 74.4-89.4 12 8.9 4.5-16.8 6 3.8 1.5- 9.2 7 4.1 1.6-10.0
$15,000- 24,999 592 499 82.0 76.9-86.1 45 8.9 5.8-13.4 21 4.2 2.5- 7.1 27 4.9 3.1- 7.6
$25,000- 34,999 633 567 87.2 82.8-90.5 35 7.9 5.1-11.8 13 2.0 1.0- 3.9 18 2.9 1.6- 5.3
$35,000- 49,999 970 868 88.9 85.9-91.3 41 4.2 2.9- 6.1 28 2.8 1.6- 4.6 33 4.1 2.7- 6.3
$50,000-74,999 1,106 1,002 88.9 85.8-91.4 56 6.0 4.1- 8.6 21 2.2 1.3- 3.6 27 2.9 1.7- 5.0
$75,000+ 1,605 1,506 93.5 91.8-94.8 54 3.8 2.7- 5.1 15 0.8 0.5- 1.5 30 2.0 1.3- 3.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 984 862 88.0 85.3-90.3 54 5.8 4.1- 8.0 28 2.8 1.8- 4.3 40 3.4 2.4- 4.9
No 4,523 4,119 89.7 88.4-90.9 210 5.4 4.5- 6.4 82 2.0 1.5- 2.6 112 3.0 2.3- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 520 455 85.3 80.0-89.4 31 8.4 5.0-13.6 14 2.1 1.1- 3.8 20 4.3 2.5- 7.3
Non-Veteran 5,010 4,545 89.9 88.7-91.0 233 5.1 4.3- 6.0 97 2.1 1.6- 2.7 135 2.9 2.3- 3.6

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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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