Expectations and changing attitudes of bar workers before and after the implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland

Table 4 Attitudes pre- and post-legislation, split by age group: for each question, percentages giving each response. N is the number of people in each age group.

	Question	Age Group	N	Period	Response*					Mean Shift	U-1** p-value	U-2*** p-value
					1	2	3	4	5
A	The ban on smoking will have (has had) a negative effect on business for public bars	≤30	192	Pre	11	31	39	17	2	0.90	<0.001	0.01
				Post	4	14	22	43	17
		>30	73	Pre	27	44	18	11	0	1.27	<0.001
				Post	5	18	23	38	15
B	The smoking ban is an unfair restriction on smokers	≤30	190	Pre	6	13	17	41	24	0.14	0.277	0.018
				Post	4	11	18	40	27
		>30	73	Pre	29	25	15	21	11	0.49	0.026
				Post	14	25	14	34	14
C	Fewer people will (now) visit public bars after (because of) the ban on smoking	≤30	192	Pre	6	31	28	30	6	0.63	<0.001	0.002
				Post	5	9	24	44	18
		>30	72	Pre	22	33	28	15	1	1.19	<0.001
				Post	6	11	15	54	14
D	The smoking ban will make (has made) smokers smoke more at home	≤30	192	Pre	13	30	33	22	2	0.27	0.007	0.186
				Post	8	18	46	25	3
		>30	73	Pre	16	41	26	14	3	0.45	0.001
				Post	7	18	55	19	1
E	The smoking ban will result (has resulted) in jobs being lost	≤30	192	Pre	4	15	33	42	6	0.40	<0.001	<0.001
				Post	3	3	31	49	15
		>30	73	Pre	19	26	38	16	0	0.93	<0.001
				Post	3	8	38	42	8
					Response*
					5	4	3	2	1
F	Smoke free public bars will make (have made) visits to them more comfortable	≤30	192	Pre	1	9	14	29	47	0.14	0.171	0.145
				Post	2	6	10	30	53
		>30	73	Pre	3	11	19	33	34	0.36	0.044
				Post	0	7	15	29	49
G	The smoking ban will encourage (has encouraged) smokers to quit	≤30	192	Pre	1	7	19	54	20	-0.34	<0.001	0.087
				Post	4	10	27	49	10
		>30	73	Pre	1	11	30	44	14	-0.12	0.472
				Post	1	15	26	52	5
H	The smoking ban is (was) needed to protect the health of workers	≤30	192	Pre	0	7	9	41	43	0.00	0.964	0.257
				Post	2	4	10	43	41
		>30	73	Pre	1	14	22	37	26	0.12	0.358
				Post	3	14	11	41	32
I	Do you agree with the proposed ban on smoking in public bars?	≤30	192	Pre	5	9	13	27	47	0.15	0.313	<0.001
				Post	4	4	10	34	48
		>30	71	Pre	24	23	1	28	24	0.76	0.002
				Post	8	13	10	27	42

*Response: 1-Strongly Agree, 2-Agree, 3-Undecided, 4-Disagree, 5-Strongly Disagree
** Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test of equal medians. Tests the change in attitude for each group.
*** Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test of equal medians. Tests the differences in change in attitude between groups.

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