TABLE 1. Survey-weighted proportions of occupational use of hazard controls among non–health care worker survey respondents who reported primarily working outside the home in settings where hazard control use was voluntary after March 1, 2020, by worker characteristics (N = 540) — 2020 SummerStyles, United States, June 2020.
| Characteristic (no. with available information if <540) | Voluntary hazard control use |
|
|---|---|---|
| Unweighted no. of respondents* | Survey-weighted % (95% CI) | |
|
Total
|
540
|
28.9 (24.2–33.7)
|
|
Employer provided hazard controls (531)
| ||
| Yes |
175 |
44.9 (35.6–54.2) |
| No |
356 |
22.4 (17.0–27.8) |
|
Sex
| ||
| Male |
284 |
27.9 (21.4–34.3) |
| Female |
256 |
30.1 (23.1–37.1) |
|
Race/Ethnicity
| ||
| White, non-Hispanic |
424 |
26.8 (21.9–31.7) |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
32 |
31.8 (13.7–49.9) |
| Other, non-Hispanic |
38 |
36.7 (13.7–59.8) |
| Hispanic |
46 |
34.9 (17.8–52.0) |
|
Age group, yrs
| ||
| 18–29 |
65 |
16.5 (6.3–26.7) |
| 30–44 |
154 |
34.9 (26.3–43.5) |
| 45–59 |
182 |
27.6 (19.9–35.2) |
| ≥60 |
139 |
43.2 (33.9–52.5) |
|
Occupational group (511)
| ||
| Professional and technical |
201 |
25.9 (19.2–32.5) |
| Farming and production |
61 |
26.1 (11.7–40.5) |
| Sales and office/Administrative support |
84 |
30.8 (18.9–42.8) |
| Service |
53 |
26.9 (13.7–40.1) |
| Other |
112 |
36.1 (24.6–47.7) |
|
Proximity to others at work (within 6 ft) (538)
| ||
| Never |
119 |
21.9 (11.7–32.1) |
| Some of the time |
188 |
33.2 (25.5–41.0) |
| Approximately one half of the time |
73 |
30.4 (17.5–43.3) |
| Most of the time |
85 |
25.9 (15.3–36.5) |
| Always |
73 |
34.6 (19.8–49.4) |
|
Household income†
| ||
| Lower income |
193 |
27.0 (19.0–35.1) |
| Higher income | 347 | 30.4 (24.8–36.0) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Unweighted sample size might not sum to column total because of missing values.
† Lower income: lower bound of the reported categorical household income <250% of the 2019 national poverty threshold based on household size and number of children; higher income: lower bound met or exceeded this threshold.