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Table 2 Worksite Tobacco-Free Policies

From: Tobacco-free policies at worksites in Kansas

 

No Tobacco-Free Policy (n = 119)

Tobacco-Free policy(n = 156)

P-value

Population Density

  

0.0001

 Rural

103 (50%)

103 (50%)

 

 Urban

16 (23.2%)

53 (76.8%)

 

Employer size

  

0.0003

 0-49

58 (56.9%)

44 (43.1%)

 

 50-249

43 (41.8%)

60 (58.3%)

 

 250 or more

18 (25.7%)

52 (74.3%)

 

Employer Type*

  

0.0125

 Agriculture/Manufacturing

20 (64.5%)

11 (35.5%)

 

 General Office

40 (59.7%)

27 (40.3%)

 

 Government

18 (45%)

22 (55%)

 

 Hospital or Healthcare

20 (38.5%)

32 (61.5%)

 

 Schools or Education

11 (30.6%)

25 (69.4%)

 

 “Other”

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

Missing = 48

Gender

  

0.0474

  > =50% were females

62 (37.1%)

105 (62.9%)

 

  > =50% were males

44 (50%)

44 (50%)

 

Missing = 20

Age

  

0.7233

 1 - 50% of workers who were 50 years and older

82 (40.6%)

120 (59.4%)

 

 51% or more of workers who were 50 years and older

10 (37%)

17 (63%)

 

Missing = 47

Ethnicity

  

0.1858

 Lower than the Kansas Hispanic percentage (11.2%)

79 (40.3%)

117 (59.7%)

 

 Higher than the Kansas Hispanic percentage (11.2%)

23 (51.1%)

22 (48.9%)

 

Frequency Missing = 35

Composition of the workforce

  

0.1099

 1-25% manual labor

56 (39.2%)

87 (60.8%)

 

 26-50% manual labor

14 (46.7%)

16 (53.3%)

 

 51-75% manual labor

   

 76-100% manual labor

22 (61.1%)

14 (38.9%)

 

Frequency Missing = 24

  1. *p-value calculation was based on the exclusion of other category in the employer type