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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Robeson County 171 153 89.5 82.7-93.8 13 7.9 4.2-14.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 3 1.9 0.5- 6.7
GENDER
Male 46 38 85.0 70.8-93.0 7 12.8 5.6-26.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.8
Female 125 115 92.8 85.8-96.5 6 4.3 1.7-10.5 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 2 1.8 0.3- 8.8
RACE
White 63 56 89.9 77.9-95.8 4 6.0 1.9-17.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 2 3.0 0.6-14.2
Other 108 97 89.3 79.9-94.6 9 9.0 4.2-18.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2
AGE
18-44 95 84 88.9 79.4-94.4 8 8.1 3.6-17.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 2 2.6 0.7-10.0
45+ 75 68 90.6 79.5-95.9 5 7.8 2.9-19.2 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 68 89.9 80.1-95.2 6 6.6 2.8-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.4 0.9-12.8
Some College + 95 85 89.0 77.8-95.0 7 9.3 3.8-21.1 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 127 112 87.5 78.7-93.0 10 9.0 4.4-17.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 3 2.6 0.7- 9.0
$50,000+ 34 32 95.5 80.7-99.1 2 4.5 0.9-19.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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