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)

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)