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Table 1 Selected characteristics of the respondents included in the study analyses

From: The association between workplace smoking bans and self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers

Variables

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

Continuous variables

     

Job stress

19.980

20.126

19.790

19.480

19.105

 

(4.715)

(4.767)

(4.870)

(4.848)

(5.051)

Age

37.180

37.450

38.190

38.480

39.450

 

(11.610)

(11.870)

(11.790)

(12.029)

(12.280)

Health utility index

0.925

0.904

0.900

0.906

0.897

 

(0.129)

(0.143)

(0.151)

(0.142)

(0.146)

Chronic diseases

0.979

1.185

1.160

1.280

1.325

 

(1.265)

(1.325)

(1.306)

(1.368)

(1.404)

Categorical variables

     

Smoking bans

     

Full ban

0.471

0.483

0.505

0.520

0.499

 

(0.499)

(0.500)

(0.500)

(0.500)

(0.500)

Partial ban

0.364

0.362

0.365

0.367

0.413

 

(0.481)

(0.481)

(0.481)

(0.482)

(0.493)

No ban

0.164

0.155

0.128

0.110

0.083

 

(0.370)

(0.362)

(0.334)

(0.313)

(0.275)

Gender

     

Male

0.557

0.530

0.544

0.558

0.557

 

(0.497)

(0.499)

(0.498)

(0.496)

(0.497)

Female

0.442

0.469

0.455

0.442

0.442

 

(0.497

(0.499)

(0.498)

(0.496)

(0.497)

Marital status

     

Single

0.331

0.347

0.318

0.330

0.295

 

(0.471)

(0.476)

(0.466)

(0.470)

(0.456)

Married

0.526

0.511

0.537

0.530

0.559

 

(0.499)

(0.500)

(0.498)

(0.499)

(0.496)

Separated

0.141

0.141

0.144

0.139

0.145

 

(0.349)

(0.348)

(0.351)

(0.346)

(0.352)

Education level

     

Less secondary education

0.174

0.167

0.139

0.125

0.141

 

(0.380)

(0.373)

(0.346)

(0.331)

(0.348)

Secondary education

0.183

0.175

0.171

0.152

0.141

 

(0.387)

(0.380)

(0.376)

(0.359)

(0.348)

Some post secondary

0.301

0.316

0.320

0.325

0.303

 

(0.459)

(0.465)

(0.466)

(0.468)

(0.459)

Post secondary

0.339

0.341

0.369

0.397

0.413

 

(0.474)

(0.474)

(0.482)

(0.489)

(0.493)

Income level

     

Low income

0.064

0.062

0.054

0.034

0.024

 

(0.246)

(0.241)

(0.226)

(0.181)

(0.154)

Low middle income

0.201

0.175

0.176

0.121

0.110

 

(0.401)

(0.380)

(0.381)

(0.327)

(0.313)

High middle income

0.441

0.395

0.358

0.370

0.317

 

(0.497)

(0.489)

(0.480)

(0.483)

(0.466)

High income

0.294

0.368

0.411

0.475

0.548

 

(0.456)

(0.482)

(0.492)

(0.500)

(0.498)

  1. The statistics are weighted using the NPHS sampling weights. The sample is restricted to working smokers at each wave of the study period. For categorical variables, the mean represents the proportion of each subgroup in its relevant category while the corresponding standard errors are in parenthesis. Data source: Statistics Canada NPHS, wave 4(2000) to wave 8(2008)
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