Table 1.
Characteristics of businesses by business size
| Overall | Small | Medium | Large | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | |
| Occupational health and safety as a regular management meeting agenda item | 193 | 88.5 (83.6–92.1) | 27 | 65.9 (50.5–78.4)a | 85 | 97.7b | 81 | 92.0 (84.5–96.1) |
| Staff wellbeing as a regular management meeting agenda item | 118 | 54.1 (47.5–60.6) | 21 | 51.2 (36.5–65.7) | 56 | 64.4 (53.9–73.6)a | 41 | 46.6 (36.5–56.9) |
| Number of current health promoting strategies | ||||||||
| None/not stated | 45 | 20.6 (15.8–26.5) | 21 | 51.2 (36.5–65.7)a | 11 | 12.6 (7.2–21.2)a | 11 | 12.5 (7.1–21.0)a |
| 1–2 current health promoting strategy | 84 | 38.5 (32.3–45.1) | 14 | 34.1 (21.6–49.5) | 39 | 44.8 (34.8–55.3) | 31 | 35.2 (26.1–45.6) |
| 3 or more current health promoting strategies | 89 | 40.8 (34.5–47.5) | 6 | 14.6 (6.9–28.4)a | 37 | 42.5 (32.7–53.0) | 46 | 52.3 (42.0–62.4)a |
| Do specific health promotion programs belong in the workplace? | ||||||||
| Yes, they belong in the workplace | 127 | 58.3 (51.6–64.6) | 13 | 31.0 (19.1–46.0)a | 49 | 55.7 (45.3–65.6) | 65 | 73.9 (63.8–81.9)a |
| No, they do not belong in workplace | 19 | 8.7 (5.7–13.2) | 8 | 19.0 (10.0–33.3)a | 7 | 8.0 (3.9–15.5) | 4 | 4.5b |
| Don’t know/Undecided/Not applicable/Not stated | 72 | 33.0 (27.1–39.5) | 21 | 50.0 (35.5–64.5)a | 32 | 36.4 (27.1–46.8) | 19 | 21.6 (14.3–31.3)a |
| Overall | 218 | 100.0 | 42 | 100.0 | 88 | 100.0 | 88 | 100.0 |
aStatistically significantly different to other categories combined - χ2 test, p < 0.05
bInsufficient numbers for statistical test