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2001 Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Data

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2001

Weighted Column Percents Unweighted Frequencies
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
People should be protected from secondhand smoke?
(Weighted Column Percents)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Strongly agree 67.6 70.7 73.8 67.6 66.4 66.5 61.6
Somewhat agree 18.4 20.3 15.8 19.3 18.0 18.1 19.2
Neither agree nor disagree 3.4 2.3 3.3 3.5 3.6 2.6 4.5
Strongly disagree 4.0 2.2 3.5 3.5 4.2 5.7 5.0
Somewhat disagree 4.9 3.2 2.9 5.1 6.6 4.8 6.1
Don't know/Not sure 1.7 1.3 .7 1.1 1.2 2.3 3.7
Male Strongly agree 60.3 62.3 67.4 63.4 57.2 60.8 49.9
Somewhat agree 21.2 23.2 17.8 20.8 21.4 21.9 23.3
Neither agree nor disagree 4.4 3.0 3.4 5.2 4.6 3.6 5.9
Strongly disagree 5.8 4.0 6.2 4.7 5.4 6.2 8.2
Somewhat disagree 6.4 6.2 4.7 5.2 9.6 5.6 6.6
Don't know/Not sure 2.0 1.4 .6 .8 1.8 1.9 6.1
Female Strongly agree 74.5 79.6 80.5 71.7 75.7 71.8 70.2
Somewhat agree 15.7 17.3 13.7 17.8 14.6 14.5 16.2
Neither agree nor disagree 2.5 1.5 3.2 1.9 2.6 1.8 3.5
Strongly disagree 2.4 .4 .6 2.3 3.0 5.3 2.6
Somewhat disagree 3.5
1.1 5.0 3.5 4.0 5.7
Don't know/Not sure 1.4 1.3 .9 1.4 .6 2.6 1.9
Denominator is:
All survey respondents.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
People should be protected from secondhand smoke?
(Unweighted Frequencies)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Total 3,784 358 638 802 764 556 666
Strongly agree 2,537 246 468 535 511 362 415
Somewhat agree 701 77 109 156 135 102 122
Neither agree nor disagree 129 8 20 27 27 15 32
Strongly disagree 148 9 19 27 31 29 33
Somewhat disagree 186 11 17 41 47 28 42
Don't know/Not sure 59 5 3 9 8 12 22
Refused 24 2 2 7 5 8
Male Total 1,610 181 280 350 325 239 235
Strongly agree 943 108 186 211 181 141 116
Somewhat agree 356 45 54 78 71 54 54
Neither agree nor disagree 73 5 10 19 16 8 15
Strongly disagree 89 8 17 17 17 11 19
Somewhat disagree 105 11 12 19 31 15 17
Don't know/Not sure 28 3 1 2 5 3 14
Refused 16 1
4 4 7
Female Total 2,174 177 358 452 439 317 431
Strongly agree 1,594 138 282 324 330 221 299
Somewhat agree 345 32 55 78 64 48 68
Neither agree nor disagree 56 3 10 8 11 7 17
Strongly disagree 59 1 2 10 14 18 14
Somewhat disagree 81
5 22 16 13 25
Don't know/Not sure 31 2 2 7 3 9 8
Refused 8 1 2 3 1 1
Denominator is:
All survey respondents.