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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and the population

From: Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking: a descriptive cross-sectional study at a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom

  

Respondents

Population

  

non-smokers

smokers* frequency (%)

total

 

Socio-demographic characteristic

frequency (%)

compliant

non-compliant

frequency (%)

frequency (%)

age

under 25

113 (18.9)

16 (23.5)

8 (25.8)

137 (19.6)

419 (6)

 

26 – 45

300 (50.1)

41 (60.3)

16 (51.6)

357 (51.1)

4531 (64.9)

 

over 46

186 (31.1)

11 (16.2)

7 (22.6)

204 (29.2)

2031 (29.1)

sex

male

169 (28.6)

15 (21.7)

8 (26.7)

192 (27.9)

1389 (19.9)

 

female

421 (71.4)

54 (78.3)

22 (73.3)

497 (72.1)

5592 (80.1)

job title

healthcare professionals†

249 (41.6)

29 (42.0)

11 (34.4)

289 (41.3)

3609 (51.7)

 

auxillary healthcare‡

87 (14.5)

4 (5.8)

3 (9.4)

94 (13.4)

1250 (17.9)

 

estates

31 (5.2)

5 (7.2)

1 (3.1)

37 (5.3)

293 (4.2)

 

contract ancillary

71 (11.9)

5 (7.2)

12 (37.5)

88 (12.6)

551 (7.9)

 

clerical and managerial§

161 (26.9)

26 (37.7)

5 (15.6)

192 (27.4)

1278 (18.3)

ethnicity

caucasian

526 (87.8)

66 (95.7)

29 (90.6)

621 (88.2)

5892 (84.4)

 

other

77 (12.8)

3 (4.3)

3 (9.4)

83 (11.8)

754 (10.8)

  

Fisher's exact test for significance

Socio-demographic characteristic

smokers vs non-smokers probability

compliant vs non-compliant* probability

non-smokers vs non-compliant* probability

non-smokers vs compliant* probability

age

0.024||

0.636

0.458

0.028||

sex

0.332

0.612

0.5

0.258

job title

0.164

0.002||

0.007||

0.09

ethnicity

0.065

0.378

0.047||

0.786

  1. *Those respondents who reported smoking were divided into compliant smokers and non-compliant smokers on the basis of their response to the question "When I am working at Addenbrooke's Hospital, I smoke on the site: More than twice a day/Once or twice a day/Once a week/Once a month/Never." Those who choose the answer "Never" were considered to be compliant.
  2. †Including doctors, registered nurses and other registered practitioners
  3. ‡Including all unregistered clinical staff e.g. healthcare assistants
  4. §Including all administrative staff and non-clinical managers
  5. || Significant