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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,730 2,362 84.4 82.0-86.5 202 9.1 7.4-11.3 43 2.1 1.3- 3.3 123 4.5 3.5- 5.6
GENDER
Male 909 731 79.4 75.3-82.9 90 10.8 8.1-14.2 25 3.4 1.9- 6.1 63 6.5 4.7- 8.7
Female 1,821 1,631 88.7 85.7-91.1 112 7.7 5.5-10.7 18 0.9 0.5- 1.5 60 2.7 2.0- 3.8
RACE
White 2,120 1,838 84.2 81.4-86.7 161 9.6 7.5-12.2 30 1.7 1.0- 2.9 91 4.4 3.4- 5.8
African American 424 366 83.2 76.2-88.4 33 9.4 5.6-15.5 7 3.1 0.9- 9.9 18 4.3 2.4- 7.5
Asian 21 20 99.0 92.6-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.4
Native American 50 37 69.6 49.7-84.2 4 10.0 2.3-34.2 2 5.1 1.3-18.6 7 15.2 6.2-32.9
Other Minorities 108 96 90.8 82.0-95.5 3 4.3 1.2-14.3 4 2.8 0.9- 7.8 5 2.1 0.8- 5.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 100 91.4 81.9-96.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 4 5.4 1.8-15.4 4 2.0 0.7- 6.0
-English Speaking 53 49 88.0 64.0-96.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.0 2.1-36.4 2 2.0 0.3-11.1
-Spanish Speaking 56 51 93.1 83.4-97.3 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 2 3.1 0.7-11.8 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1
Non-Hispanic 2,614 2,256 84.0 81.5-86.2 201 9.8 7.9-12.0 39 1.8 1.1- 3.1 118 4.5 3.5- 5.6
AGE
18-24 91 67 68.2 53.9-79.6 16 22.8 12.5-37.8 4 5.2 1.8-14.3 4 3.9 1.4-10.3
25-34 428 381 87.2 81.4-91.3 26 5.8 3.2-10.3 5 2.4 0.7- 7.5 16 4.6 2.5- 8.4
35-44 664 571 85.2 81.0-88.7 60 10.0 7.1-14.0 12 1.9 0.8- 4.1 21 2.8 1.7- 4.6
45-54 814 711 85.9 82.3-88.8 54 7.8 5.5-11.0 7 0.6 0.3- 1.4 42 5.7 4.0- 8.0
55-64 556 480 86.2 82.1-89.5 36 6.5 4.3- 9.8 12 2.2 1.2- 3.9 28 5.1 3.1- 8.2
65-74 136 116 83.1 73.6-89.6 7 6.0 2.7-12.7 3 2.5 0.6- 8.8 10 8.5 4.0-17.1
75+ 28 25 94.0 81.7-98.2 2 3.2 0.8-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-17.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 187 141 71.4 59.9-80.7 25 12.1 6.8-20.8 8 8.7 3.3-20.8 13 7.7 3.5-16.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 675 553 80.0 75.4-84.0 67 11.3 8.3-15.3 14 2.5 1.2- 5.3 41 6.2 4.3- 8.8
Some Post-H.S. 761 648 80.0 73.8-85.0 65 13.8 9.1-20.3 15 1.5 0.8- 2.6 33 4.8 3.0- 7.4
College Graduate 1,106 1,020 92.9 90.8-94.6 44 3.9 2.7- 5.4 6 0.7 0.2- 2.5 36 2.5 1.6- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 73 88.2 77.6-94.1 10 7.3 2.9-17.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1 5 3.1 1.0- 9.1
$15,000- 24,999 333 270 76.5 66.8-84.0 32 13.1 7.1-22.9 11 4.8 2.1-10.3 20 5.7 2.8-11.1
$25,000- 34,999 306 255 74.7 64.5-82.7 30 18.0 10.6-28.9 7 2.1 0.9- 5.0 14 5.2 2.7- 9.7
$35,000- 49,999 431 373 80.5 72.4-86.7 31 10.4 5.8-17.8 7 4.2 1.4-11.9 20 4.9 2.7- 8.9
$50,000-74,999 560 497 88.7 85.0-91.5 37 6.8 4.6-10.0 7 0.9 0.4- 2.2 19 3.6 2.1- 6.0
$75,000+ 822 735 89.8 86.8-92.2 46 5.6 3.9- 8.0 8 1.0 0.3- 3.2 33 3.6 2.4- 5.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 566 477 82.0 76.7-86.3 43 7.4 5.0-10.7 10 3.2 1.4- 7.2 36 7.4 4.7-11.5
No 2,152 1,875 84.9 82.1-87.3 157 9.5 7.4-12.1 33 1.8 1.0- 3.2 87 3.8 2.9- 5.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 282 221 79.6 72.8-85.0 28 11.2 7.0-17.5 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2 21 6.4 3.8-10.5
Non-Veteran 2,448 2,141 84.9 82.3-87.2 174 8.9 7.0-11.2 31 2.0 1.1- 3.4 102 4.2 3.3- 5.5

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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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