Table 1 Comparison of demographic and smoking status characteristics of participants who choose to respond to the optional free text book compared with non-responders
Free text response not provided (n = 634) | Free text response provided (n = 306) | All survey participants (n = 940) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
User group | ||||||
Patient | 259 | (41%) | 62 | (20%) | 321 | (34%) |
Staff | 164 | (26%) | 155 | (51%) | 319 | (34%) |
Visitor | 203 | (32%) | 83 | (27%) | 286 | (30%) |
Female | 413 | (65%) | 223 | (73%) | 636 | (68%) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
White/White British | 563 | (89%) | 283 | (93%) | 846 | (90%) |
Asian/Asian British | 41 | (7%) | 11 | (4%) | 52 | ( 6%) |
Smoking status: Non-smoker | 527 | (83%) | 267 | (87%) | 794 | (86%) |
Do not smoke in entrance | 619 | (98%) | 297 | (97%) | 916 | (97%) |
Do not smoke on hospital grounds | 586 | (92%) | 281 | (92%) | 867 | (92%) |