TABLE 3.
Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) for Predictors of Clean Indoor Air Ordinances in Appalachian Communities, Excluding West Virginia: June–August 2008
Predictora | Workplace Policy, OR (95% CI) | Restaurant Policy, OR (95% CI) | Either Workplace or Restaurant,b OR (95% CI) |
% completed high school | 1.10 (1.03, 1.18) | 1.09 (1.04, 1.15) | 1.09 (1.03, 1.14) |
Per capita incomec | 1.07 (0.98, 1.18) | 1.07 (0.99, 1.15) | 1.07 (0.99, 1.15) |
Median incomec | 1.03 (0.98, 1.08) | 1.02 (0.98, 1.06) | 1.02 (0.99, 1.06) |
Unemployment rated | 0.52 (0.27, 1.02) | 0.48 (0.28, 0.83) | 0.53 (0.32, 0.89) |
% poverty-to-income ratio < 1.0 | 0.95 (0.86, 1.03) | 0.99 (0.93, 1.06) | 0.99 (0.93, 1.05) |
Note. Odds ratios are adjusted for state (fixed effect) and county (random effect).
If the ordinance was passed on a county level, predictors were based on the county level.
Includes communities with both workplace and restaurant restrictions.
In thousands of dollars.
Mean, 1998–2007.