Table 1 Perceptions of workplace heat exposure: prevalence estimates and 95 % CI by different subgroups

Total

749

100

51.2 (50.0–57.4)

56.3 (50.1–61.9)

63.8 (57.3–69.9)

68.8 (63.4–73.7)

51.4 (42.6–60.0)

 Male

719

96.0

51.1 (44.7–57.5)

56.5 (51.1–61.7)

64.1 (57.5–70.2)

69.2 (63.9–74.0)

50.9 (42.3–59.5)

 Female

30

4.0

53.3 (34.1–71.6)

53.3 (28.9–76.3)

56.7 (37.7–78.9)

60.0 (40.5–76.8)

62.1 (39.8–80.2)

 ≤24

401

53.5

44.0 (38.5–49.6)

50.0 (43.1–56.9)

66.9 (58.7–74.3)

66.4 (59.2–73.0)

42.0 (35.6–48.7)

 25–34

101

13.5

58.5 (48.9–67.5)

63.5 (56.4–70.1)

74.0 (63.8–82.0)

76.3 (64.0–85.5)

44.1 (31.7–57.3)

 35–54

161

21.5

63.5 (48.3–76.4)

66.7 (53.2–77.9)

59.0 (48.2–69.0)

73.7 (63.2–82.1)

68.8 (58.1–77.9)

 ≧55

86

11.5

59.8 (44.3–73.5)

64.6 (46.5–79.4)

48.8 (37.2–60.5)

65.9 (51.3–78.0)

70.9 (55.7–82.5)

 High school

384

51.3

46.8 (40.7–53.0)

53.4 (46.6–60.1)

66.2 (58.4–73.2)

67.6 (60.5–73.9)

46.4 (37.1–55.9)

 Trade certificate

319

42.6

56.1 (48.5–63.3)

58.7 (52.6–64.5)

64.0 (56.7–70.7)

69.8 (63.5–75.4)

51.8 (42.0–61.5)

 University degree

46

6.1

53.3 (43.4–63.0)

62.2 (49.3–73.6)

42.2 (24.1–62.7)

73.3 (52.8–87.1)

86.7 (71.9–94.3)

 Tradespersons and related workers

548

73.2

50.5 (44.5–56.4)

55.1 (49.5–60.6)

66.7 (59.9–72.8)

70.0 (65.3–74.4)

46.6 (38.5–55.0)

 Clerical and administrative workers

30

4.0

40.0 (19.8–64.2)

70.0 (28.1–93.3)

46.7 (21.6–73.6)

66.7 (36.6–87.4)

86.2 (64.8–95.5)

 Machinery operators and drivers

55

7.3

65.5 (32.1–88.4)

58.2 (27.8–83.4)

61.8 (36.9–81.7)

54.6 (42.9–65.7)

63.6 (42.7–80.4)

 Labourers and related workers

43

5.7

51.2 (32.5–69.5)

55.8 (47.7–63.7)

62.8 (38.3–82.1)

69.8 (54.4–81.7)

45.2 (30.0–61.4)

 Full-time TAFE students

44

5.9

40.9 (21.0–79.0)

54.6 (39.6–68.7)

59.1 (48.3–69.1)

67.4 (53.4–78.9)

56.1 (35.6–74.7)

 Professionals

16

2.1

81.3 (62.0–92.0)

68.8 (30.0–91.9)

37.5 (15.7–65.9)

81.3 (53.1–94.3)

87.5 (51.5–97.9)

 Other

13

1.7

46.2 (17.2–77.9)

61.5 (24.9–88.5)

46.2 (16.7–78.6)

69.2 (37.7–89.3)

76.9 (34.1–95.6)

 Agriculture, forestry & fishing

15

2.0

50.0 (24.4–75.6)

62.5 (41.3–79.8)

66.7 (49.4–80.4)

58.3 (37.2–76.8)

69.6 (51.6–83.0)

 Mining

109

14.6

57.0 (45.5–67.8)

51.3 (35.2–67.2)

59.1 (38.4–77.0)

67.3 (44.9–83.8)

59.5 (32.6–81.7)

 Manufacturing

206

27.5

44.2 (37.9–50.8)

49.5 (32.5–66.7)

67.5 (45.7–83.6)

66.7 (48.7–80.8)

36.4 (25.8–48.6)

 Construction

278

37.1

52.4 (38.8–65.6)

58.8 (51.6–65.6)

67.0 (59.5–73.8)

69.3 (63.9–74.3)

50.2 (43.2–57.2)

 Electricity, gas & water

98

13.1

57.6 (33.3–78.7)

67.9 (60.7–74.4)

52.8 (43.4–62.1)

75.5 (64.4–84.0)

71.7 (43.8–89.2)

 Other

43

5.7

38.5 (9.4–78.9)

53.9 (28.8–77.1)

61.5 (23.8–89.1)

69.2 (35.6–90.1)

46.2 (12.8–83.3)

 Completely indoors

59

7.9

45.7 (37.0–54.8)

74.6 (57.5–86.4)

71.2 (53.9–83.9)

69.0 (52.1–82.0)

37.3 (21.4–56.5)

 Mainly indoors

282

37.7

44.4 (35.7–53.6)

52.5 (43.0–61.8)

58.5 (48.4–68.0)

68.6 (62.7–74.0)

59.5 (44.6–72.8)

 Completely outdoors

82

10.9

71.6 (55.7–83.5)

63.4 (49.5–75.4)

70.7 (58.6–80.5)

63.8 (46.3–78.2)

44.3 (29.9–59.7)

 Mainly outdoors

300

40.1

53.2 (48.6–58.3)

55.3 (50.0–60.6)

63.7 (57.1–69.7)

68.9 (61.6–75.4)

49.0 (41.5–56.5)

 Not at all

49

6.5

40.4 (29.3–52.7)

63.8 (38.8–83.1)

51.1 (32.4–69.4)

73.9 (61.8–83.2)

82.6 (69.0–91.0)

 A little

132

17.6

44.5 (35.9–53.5)

53.1 (39.1–66.6)

47.7 (35.5–60.2)

59.8 (47.3–71.2)

70.6 (53.5–83.4)

 Moderately

280

37.4

48.0 (40.3–55.8)

56.1 (50.3–61.8)

64.0 (56.6–70.8)

72.0 (65.4–77.7)

50.9 (44.8–57.0)

 Very much

288

38.5

59.9 (50.7–68.4)

56.6 (50.0–63.1)

72.7 (66.3–78.4)

69.5 (63.9–74.6)

37.8 (30.0–46.5)

 Yes

285

38.1

52.4 (46.7–58.0)

56.8 (49.9–63.4)

67.0 (59.1–74.0)

69.8 (64.9–74.2)

44.8 (35.6–54.4)

 No

464

61.9

49.3 (39.8–58.8)

56.5 (46.5–66.0)

59.3 (50.8–67.3)

68.4 (60.1–75.6)

61.7 (50.5–71.7)

 Yes

508

67.8

55.8 (49.7–61.8)

58.0 (52.4–63.3)

64.2 (58.0–70.0)

69.9 (64.4–74.8)

50.1 (40.5–59.7)

 No

241

32.2

41.4 (34.0–49.4)

52.9 (45.0–60.7)

62.9 (49.7–74.5)

66.5 (58.1–74.0)

54.1 (40.7–66.9)

 Yes

279

37.2

62.4 (52.2–71.5)

65.2 (56.8–72.8)

70.3 (62.9–76.7)

73.9 (67.8–79.2)

38.5 (30.6–47.0)

 No

470

62.8

44.5 (39.5–49.6)

51.4 (44.2–58.5)

60.4 (52.9–67.4)

66.1 (60.1–71.6)

59.0 (48.2–69.1)

 Yes

194

25.9

67.0 (57.0–75.7)

65.0 (57.0–72.1)

72.2 (60.6–81.4)

71.2 (62.7–78.4)

29.5 (23.5–36.2)

 No

555

74.1

45.6 (39.9–51.5)

53.3 (47.5–59.1)

60.9 (54.0–67.4)

68.0 (62.5–73.0)

59.0 (48.8–68.5)