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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy-FEMALES

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 1,815 1,496 80.6 77.5-83.5 223 14.4 11.8-17.6 19 1.1 0.6- 2.0 77 3.8 2.8- 5.1
RACE
White 1,403 1,169 81.1 77.2-84.5 161 14.3 11.1-18.2 18 1.2 0.7- 2.1 55 3.4 2.5- 4.6
African American 313 246 79.2 72.5-84.5 51 15.9 11.2-22.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 15 3.9 2.1- 7.0
Asian 9 8 92.1 57.5-99.0 1 7.9 1.0-42.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 35 28 86.3 70.7-94.2 4 9.4 3.1-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.4 1.2-14.5
Other Minorities 51 42 78.2 58.6-90.1 5 10.7 4.0-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.1 3.0-33.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 62 52 75.5 56.0-88.2 6 14.1 5.6-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.4 2.6-33.4
-English Speaking 37 30 68.6 40.6-87.5 4 14.8 4.2-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.6 3.3-53.7
-Spanish Speaking 25 22 82.3 56.5-94.3 2 13.5 3.4-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.2 0.6-24.9
Non-Hispanic 1,750 1,441 80.9 77.6-83.7 217 14.5 11.7-17.7 19 1.2 0.7- 2.1 73 3.5 2.7- 4.6
AGE
18-24 59 42 61.6 41.7-78.3 15 36.3 19.7-56.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2
25-34 297 244 83.1 77.3-87.7 39 12.8 8.8-18.2 3 1.4 0.4- 5.3 11 2.7 1.3- 5.2
35-44 437 356 82.5 77.9-86.4 54 11.9 8.7-16.1 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3 19 3.6 2.2- 6.0
45-54 541 450 81.7 76.6-85.8 64 12.3 9.0-16.5 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9 24 5.8 3.3-10.0
55-64 362 309 83.7 77.7-88.3 36 11.4 7.4-17.2 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 12 3.4 1.7- 6.5
65-74 90 74 84.2 73.9-90.9 10 11.2 5.6-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.6 2.0-10.4
75+ 19 14 80.5 57.8-92.5 3 8.5 2.6-24.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.0 2.7-35.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 111 86 84.0 74.8-90.3 19 13.2 7.5-22.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.8 1.1- 6.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 460 344 71.7 65.6-77.1 81 19.0 14.3-24.7 9 2.9 1.3- 6.5 26 6.3 4.1- 9.7
Some Post-H.S. 549 453 77.9 69.8-84.3 60 16.0 10.0-24.6 6 0.9 0.4- 2.1 30 5.2 3.1- 8.7
College Graduate 694 613 88.0 84.2-90.9 62 10.3 7.5-14.0 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 15 1.4 0.7- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 57 82.5 69.9-90.6 13 12.0 5.8-23.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.5 1.7-16.7
$15,000- 24,999 249 194 72.8 60.0-82.7 36 21.0 11.7-34.9 3 2.2 0.5- 8.8 16 4.0 2.2- 7.0
$25,000- 34,999 214 162 75.8 66.5-83.2 38 17.5 11.0-26.8 4 2.0 0.7- 6.1 10 4.6 2.2- 9.4
$35,000- 49,999 292 240 78.5 67.5-86.5 38 16.8 9.3-28.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 11 3.7 1.8- 7.4
$50,000-74,999 391 337 84.4 79.0-88.7 32 10.2 6.6-15.3 6 1.5 0.6- 4.2 16 3.9 2.2- 6.8
$75,000+ 461 399 86.5 81.8-90.2 46 9.7 6.8-13.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 13 3.3 1.5- 7.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 381 302 79.4 73.3-84.5 51 13.7 9.6-19.2 6 2.3 0.8- 6.4 22 4.6 2.7- 7.6
No 1,427 1,189 81.2 77.5-84.4 171 14.7 11.6-18.4 13 0.8 0.4- 1.6 54 3.3 2.4- 4.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 40 89.4 73.0-96.3 5 10.0 3.3-26.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
Non-Veteran 1,769 1,456 80.5 77.2-83.3 218 14.5 11.8-17.7 19 1.1 0.6- 2.0 76 3.9 2.9- 5.2

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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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