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. 2012 Nov 7;15(6):1075–1083. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts246

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics by Support for Smoke-Free Policies Among All Respondents (N = 301)

Variables Support in-unit policy Support outdoor policy
Yes No Yes No
No. Est. No. Est. No. Est. No. Est.
Age, median, years 23.8 27.2 24.9 24.8
Sex (%) Male  16 39.0  25 61.0* 14 35.0  26 65.0
Female 148 56.9 112 43.1 95 36.5 165 63.5
Race/ethnicity (%) African American 137 54.6 114 45.4 90 36.0 160 64.0
Other  27 55.1  22 44.9 19 38.8  30 61.2
Age of youngest child (%) No children  37 45.1  45 54.9* 32 39.5  49 60.5
<5 years 103 61.7  64 38.3 55 32.9 112 67.1
5–17 years  24 46.2  28 53.8 22 42.3  30 57.7
Education (%) Less than high school  40 45.5  48 54.5* 29 33.3  58 66.7
High school or more 124 58.2  89 41.8 80 37.6 133 62.4
Employment (%) Full-/part-time  62 62.0  38 38.0 37 37.0  63 63.0
Not employed 102 50.7  99 49.3 72 36.0 128 64.0
Length of stay, geometric mean, months 21.1 28.9* 23.6 24.5
(95% CI) (17.7–25.0) (23.3–35.9) (19.1–29.2) (20.5–29.1)

Note. CI = confidence interval.

*p < .05 for comparison of demographic variable by policy support status (no comparisons were significant for outdoor policies).