Table 2

Unadjusted prevalence of passive smoking at work in full time, non-smoking workers, and of active smoking in all workers by type of occupation and industry

n in sample/n non-smokers in samplen (%) of all workers who smoken (%) non-smokers exposed to smoke at work
Occupational categories
    Males
        Administrative, managerial, and professional496/337120 (24.2)141 (41.8)
        Clerks, service, and shop sales479/300151 (31.5)181 (60.3)
        Crafts, machine operators, and elementary occupations521/263245 (47.0)190 (72.2)
        Others82/44 32 (39.0)21 (47.8)
    Females
        Administrative, managerial, and professional239/206 17 (7.1)46 (22.3)
        Clerks, service, and shop sales574/466 42 (7.3)193 (41.4)
        Crafts, machine operators, and elementary occupations117/108 5 (4.3)43 (39.8)
        Others26/19 4 (15.2)9 (47.8)
Industry categories
    Males
        Manufacturing216/133 68 (31.5)81 (60.9)
        Construction252/121122 (48.5)97 (80.1)
        Import/export, wholesale and retail, restaurants and hotels232/139 74 (31.9)81 (58.2)
        Transport, communication250/152 87 (34.8)90 (59.4)
        Financing, business209/143 63 (30.1)62 (43.4)
        Community, social services353/219113 (32.0)105 (48.0)
        Other61/38 19 (31.4)18 (46.9)
    Females
        Manufacturing148/129 12 (8.1)53 (41.0)
        Construction15/15 07 (48.1)
        Import/export, wholesale and retail, restaurants and hotels231/192 25 (10.8)92 (47.9)
        Transport, communication49/39 3 (6.1)24 (62.0)
        Financing, business208/166 15 (7.2)53 (31.9)
        Community, social services286/238 10 (3.5)57 (24.0)
        Other28/19 4 (14.5)6 (32.1)