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Comparison of pre- and post-legislation attitudes in those followed up: for each question, percentages giving each response. N is the number of people analysed. |
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| Question |
N |
Period |
Response* (%) |
Mean Shift |
U-1** p-value |
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| A |
The ban on smoking will have (has had) a negative effect on business for public bars |
265 |
Pre |
15.8 |
34.7 |
32.8 |
15.5 |
1.1 |
1.00 |
<0.001 |
| Post |
4.5 |
14.7 |
22.2 |
41.9 |
16.6 |
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| B |
The smoking ban is an unfair restriction on smokers |
263 |
Pre |
12.2 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
35.0 |
20.2 |
0.24 |
0.018 |
| Post |
6.5 |
14.4 |
17.1 |
38.4 |
23.6 |
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| C |
Fewer people will (now) visit public bars after (because of) the ban on smoking |
264 |
Pre |
10.6 |
31.4 |
27.7 |
25.8 |
4.5 |
0.78 |
<0.001 |
| Post |
4.9 |
9.8 |
21.6 |
47.0 |
16.7 |
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| D |
The smoking ban will make (has made) smokers smoke more at home |
265 |
Pre |
14.0 |
32.8 |
31.3 |
19.6 |
2.3 |
0.32 |
<0.001 |
| Post |
7.5 |
18.0 |
48.3 |
23.8 |
2.3 |
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| E |
The smoking ban will result (has resulted) in jobs being lost |
265 |
Pre |
8.3 |
17.7 |
34.7 |
35.1 |
4.2 |
0.55 |
<0.001 |
| Post |
2.6 |
4.2 |
32.8 |
47.5 |
12.8 |
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| Response* (%) |
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| 5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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| F |
Smoke free public bars will make (have made) visits to them more comfortable |
265 |
Pre |
1.5 |
9.4 |
15.1 |
30.2 |
43.8 |
0.20 |
0.018 |
| Post |
1.1 |
6.0 |
11.3 |
29.8 |
51.7 |
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| G |
The smoking ban will encourage (has encouraged) smokers to quit |
265 |
Pre |
0.8 |
7.9 |
21.9 |
51.3 |
18.1 |
-0.28 |
<0.001 |
| Post |
3.0 |
11.7 |
26.4 |
49.8 |
9.1 |
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| H |
The smoking ban is (was) needed to protect the health of workers |
265 |
Pre |
0.4 |
9.1 |
12.8 |
39.6 |
38.1 |
0.03 |
0.972 |
| Post |
1.9 |
6.4 |
10.6 |
42.6 |
38.5 |
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| I |
Do you agree with the proposed ban on smoking in public bars? |
263 |
Pre |
9.9 |
12.5 |
9.9 |
27.0 |
40.7 |
0.32 |
0.017 |
| Post |
5.3 |
6.5 |
9.9 |
31.9 |
46.4 |
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* Response: 1-Strongly Agree, 2-Agree, 3-Undecided, 4-Disagree, 5-Strongly Disagree ** Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test of equal medians. Tests the overall change in attitude for each question. | ||||||||||
Hilton et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:206 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-206 |
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