Table 1 Characteristics of businesses by business size

Occupational health and safety as a regular management meeting agenda item

193

88.5 (83.6–92.1)

27

65.9 (50.5–78.4)^a

85

97.7^b

81

92.0 (84.5–96.1)

Staff wellbeing as a regular management meeting agenda item

118

54.1 (47.5–60.6)

21

51.2 (36.5–65.7)

56

64.4 (53.9–73.6)^a

41

46.6 (36.5–56.9)

Number of current health promoting strategies

 None/not stated

45

20.6 (15.8–26.5)

21

51.2 (36.5–65.7)^a

11

12.6 (7.2–21.2)^a

11

12.5 (7.1–21.0)^a

 1–2 current health promoting strategy

84

38.5 (32.3–45.1)

14

34.1 (21.6–49.5)

39

44.8 (34.8–55.3)

31

35.2 (26.1–45.6)

 3 or more current health promoting strategies

89

40.8 (34.5–47.5)

6

14.6 (6.9–28.4)^a

37

42.5 (32.7–53.0)

46

52.3 (42.0–62.4)^a

Do specific health promotion programs belong in the workplace?

 Yes, they belong in the workplace

127

58.3 (51.6–64.6)

13

31.0 (19.1–46.0)^a

49

55.7 (45.3–65.6)

65

73.9 (63.8–81.9)^a

 No, they do not belong in workplace

19

8.7 (5.7–13.2)

8

19.0 (10.0–33.3)^a

7

8.0 (3.9–15.5)

4

4.5^b

 Don’t know/Undecided/Not applicable/Not stated

72

33.0 (27.1–39.5)

21

50.0 (35.5–64.5)^a

32

36.4 (27.1–46.8)

19

21.6 (14.3–31.3)^a

Overall

218

100.0

42

100.0

88

100.0

88

100.0