Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, health characteristics, and reported home and work-place SHS policies of eligible sample: 2006 BRFSS

	Numbera	Percentage	SE of percentage	Mean	SE of mean
Age	41,490			43.99	0.15
Gender
Male	13,391	43.07	0.44
Female	28,513	56.92	0.44
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	32,648	75.13	0.41
Non-Hispanic Black	5,351	13.82	0.32
Non-Hispanic other	1,123	3.98	0.22
Non-Hispanic multiracial	668	1.56	0.12
Hispanic	1,686	5.49	0.24
Education
<High school	3,536	7.74	0.22
=High school	12,468	28.76	0.38
Attended college	10,708	25.91	0.37
Graduated college	15,100	37.57	0.39
Drinks per day	41,259			0.22	0.00
General health	41,782			2.29	0.00
Home rules
No official policy	3,976	8.33	0.20
Allowed in some places	1,757	4.71	0.19
Allowed anywhere	422	1.08	0.08
Not allowed anywhere	35,749	85.86	0.28
Work policy in public areasb
No official policy	831	4.33	0.27
Allowed in some places	2,157	12.94	0.44
Allowed anywhere	256	1.40	0.13
Not allowed anywhere	16,897	81.31	0.51
Work policy in work areasb
No official policy	733	4.17	0.28
Allowed in some places	1,332	7.75	0.32
Allowed anywhere	172	0.81	0.08
Not allowed anywhere	17,940	87.25	0.42
Depressive symptoms	41,904			2.96	0.03

^aSample size varies due to item nonresponse

^bAsked only if employed