Table 1

Smoking and food preparation policies by IMD-2004 quintiles of deprivation in pubs and bars in 14 Local Authorities in the North West of England.

All (n = 1150)

IMD-2004 Quintile

IMD-2004 Missing (n = 70)

1 (n = 70)

2 (n = 126)

3 (n = 180)

4 (n = 355)

5 (n = 349)

% with unrestricted smoking

53.8

21.4

39.7

47.2

56.3

67.1

49.3

% allowing smoking at the bar

70.7

55.7

66.7

68.3

71.8

77.9

57.1

% currently not preparing and serving food

43.6

21.4

28.6

38.9

36.9

63.3

40.0

% not preparing and serving food post White Paper (predicted)

47.0

20.0

31.8

41.1

46.2

62.8

41.4

% of food pubs allowing smoking in food serving areas

75.7 (n = 649)

80.0 (n = 55)

74.4 (n = 90)

76.4 (n = 110)

75.0 (n = 224)

67.2 (n = 128)

64.3 (n = 42)

% of pubs allowing children on premises

60.3

77.1

79.4

69.4

52.1

54.2

57.1

% of pubs allowing children on premises with smoking in children's areas

81.4 (n = 693)

85.2 (n = 54)

83.0 (n = 100)

81.6 (n = 125)

75.7 (n = 185)

78.3 (n = 189)

75.0 (n = 40)

The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 (IMD 2004) is a Super Output Area (SOA) level measure of multiple deprivation and is made up of seven SOA level Domain Indices: Income deprivation, Employment deprivation, Health deprivation and disability, Education, skills and training deprivation, Barriers to Housing and Services, Living environment deprivation and Crime. The overall IMD is conceptualised as a weighted area level aggregation of these specific dimensions of deprivation [12].

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