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. 2014 Jun 10;14:580. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-580

Table 2.

Proportion of non-smoking a South African Adults aged ≥ 16 years that reported that 100% smoke-free environments in private and public places were important to them, South African Social Attitudes Survey, 2010 (n = 2,410)

Characteristics
Sample
Work
Home
Hospitals
Café/Restaurants
Shabeens (local bars), Bars or Clubs
    % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Overall
2,410
91.2 (87.2-95.1)
93.1 (89.1-97.0)
94.7 (92.4-97.0)
86.1 (83.3-88.9)
66.2 (63.2-69.2)
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Male
1,353
91.1 (87.4-94.8)
92.9 (88.0-97.9)
94.5 (92.1-96.9)
85.1 (81.6-88.5)
65.6 (63.0-68.2)
 Female
1,044
91.4 (84.8-98.0)
93.5 (89.7-97.3)
95.2 (92.5-97.9)
87.6 (84.1-91.1)
67.8 (63.1-72.4)
Age, years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16-24
496
91.6 (85.9-97.3)
92.5 (88.8-96.2)
94.7 (92.1-97.3)
81.7 (76.2-87.2)
59.9 (56.6-63.1)
 25-34
536
89.3 (77.5-100.0)
92.2 (84.6-99.7)
92.9 (86.2-99.7)
85.8 (81.5-90.1)
66.9 (61.3-72.6)
 35-44
499
92.3 (87.8-96.7)
94.1 (88–100.0)
96.6 (94.8-98.4)
87.2 (82.2-92.2)
64.2 (57.7-70.6)
 45-54
339
92.9 (89.6-96.1)
96.0 (92.0-100.0)
97.5 (96.1-98.8)
90.4 (85.8-95.1)
71.7 (62.3-81.1)
 ≥55
539
91.0 (82.9-99.0)
92.1 (86.3-97.9)
93.4 (87.9-98.9)
89.2 (83.6-94.8)
73.4 (70.6-76.2)
Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <12 years of schooling
1,322
90.9 (86.5-95.3)
92.6 (87.5-97.7)
94.5 (91.5-97.4)
86.4 (84.1-88.7)
66.5 (62.2-70.9)
 =12 years of schooling
695
92.3 (85.6-99.0)
93.2 (89.0-97.5)
94.9 (89.8-100.0)
85.3 (81.3-89.4)
67.5 (62.0-73.0)
 >12 years of schooling
362
89.4 (85.1-93.8)
94.4 (93.3-95.5)
94.9 (93.6-96.1)
86.2 (73.9-98.5)
60.5 (44.2-76.7)
Marital status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Never married
1,069
91.4 (83.4-99.4)
93.1 (88.4-97.8)
95.1 (92.6-97.7)
84.8 (82.0-87.6)
63.0 (59.4-66.7)
 Separated, widowed, or divorced
384
91.2 (83.2-99.2)
93.5 (86.6-100.0)
93.2 (86.2-100.0)
86.4 (82.3-90.5)
66.7 (56.6-76.7)
 Married
920
90.5 (82.5-98.4)
92.6 (87.7-97.5)
94.3 (90.6-98.0)
87.8 (81.7-93.9)
70.7 (66.2-75.2)
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Black African
1,484
91.0 (85.8-96.2)
93.3 (89.7-97.0)
94.1 (90.4-97.7)
86.3 (83.6-89.1)
65.5 (60.8-70.1)
 Colored
349
89.6 (78.5-100.0)
89.6 (61.0-100.0)
97.2 (95.6-98.8)
84.0 (63.4-100.0)
69.3 (50.6-87.9)
 Indian or Asian
294
95.1 (93.8-96.4)
95.6 (94.4-96.7)
97.4 (96.7-98.1)
88.3 (85.3-91.4)
65.9 (60.4-71.4)
 White
264
93.3 (92.9-93.8)
93.5 (93.1-94.0)
98.5 (98.4-98.6)
85.2 (84.2-86.3)
73.0 (71.2-74.9)
Residence type
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Urban
1,689
90.2 (88.5-91.9)
93.0 (92.1-93.9)
94.3 (92.4-96.2)
87.1 (86.8-87.4)
67.1 (62.0-72.1)
 Rural 721 92.7 (87.0-98.5) 93.2 (83.1-100.0) 95.3 (91.4-99.3) 84.4 (79.3-89.5) 64.7 (60.5-69.0)

Note: CI = confidence interval.

aNon-smokers were respondents who reported not smoking hand-rolled or manufactured cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or water-pipes.