Employers Should Be Allowed to Fire Good Workers Who Are Infected with HIV
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1994


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		                    No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Others
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 138      7.4     ( 6.2- 8.9) 1323     73.8     (71.2-76.3) 305     18.8     (16.6-21.2) 1766
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  11      3.1     ( 1.7- 5.7)  227     85.3     (78.9-90.0)  24     11.6     ( 7.3-18.0)  262
25-34 Years  37      7.5     ( 5.3-10.7)  363     76.7     (71.9-80.9)  67     15.7     (12.1-20.2)  467
35-44 Years  36      7.0     ( 4.9- 9.8)  370     71.8     (66.7-76.4)  98     21.2     (17.0-26.2)  504
45-54 Years  27      7.9     ( 5.1-12.1)  237     69.9     (63.4-75.7)  74     22.2     (17.1-28.2)  338
55-64 Years  27     13.3     ( 8.5-20.2)  126     61.4     (52.4-69.6)  42     25.3     (18.1-34.2)  195
GENDER        
Male  80      9.4     ( 7.4-11.8)  568     70.9     (66.9-74.6) 142     19.8     (16.5-23.5)  790
Female  59      5.6     ( 4.1- 7.5)  764     76.8     (73.3-79.9) 164     17.6     (14.8-20.9)  987
ETHNICITY        
White  63      8.2     ( 6.3-10.6)  548     78.2     (74.6-81.4) 100     13.6     (11.0-16.7)  711
Hawaiian  13      5.2     ( 2.8- 9.4)  225     80.2     (73.3-85.7)  35     14.6     ( 9.8-21.2)  273
Filipino  26     12.3     ( 7.9-18.7)  125     58.3     (49.4-66.6)  58     29.4     (21.9-38.2)  209
Japanese  20      4.9     ( 2.9- 8.0)  251     75.5     (69.6-80.5)  63     19.6     (15.0-25.3)  334
Others  11      6.6     ( 3.5-12.1)  127     74.9     (66.8-81.6)  31     18.5     (12.7-26.2)  169
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  87      8.7     ( 6.9-10.9)  683     70.5     (67.0-73.8) 187     20.8     (17.9-24.1)  957
Unmarried  51      5.6     ( 4.0- 7.8)  647     78.6     (74.6-82.1) 119     15.8     (12.6-19.6)  817
Unknown/Refused  -   -  - --
EDUCATION        
<High School   8      9.5     ( 4.4-19.3)   57     60.4     (46.6-72.8)  23     30.1     (18.6-44.7)   88
High School  40      8.5     ( 6.0-11.8)  333     72.4     (67.1-77.1)  82     19.2     (15.0-24.1)  455
Some College  52      7.1     ( 5.3- 9.6)  511     74.7     (70.4-78.5) 112     18.2     (14.8-22.3)  675
College  38      6.5     ( 4.5- 9.4)  430     76.4     (71.8-80.4)  89     17.1     (13.6-21.3)  557
Unknown/Refused  -   -  - --
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 103      7.2     ( 5.8- 8.9) 1041     74.2     (71.3-76.9) 240     18.6     (16.1-21.3) 1384
Unemployed   8     10.6     ( 4.9-21.2)   72     78.9     (67.1-87.2)  10     10.6     ( 5.1-20.6)   90
Student/homemaker  15      6.7     ( 3.8-11.6)  149     72.3     (63.8-79.4)  37     21.0     (14.5-29.4)  201
Retired/Can't Work  12      9.3     ( 4.6-18.0)   69     69.1     (55.7-79.8)  18     21.6     (12.2-35.4)   99
Unknown/Refused  -   -  - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  16      9.2     ( 5.4-15.3)  155     74.6     (66.9-81.1)  35     16.1     (11.1-22.8)  206
$15,000-24,999  34     13.3     ( 9.1-19.1)  213     73.7     (66.9-79.5)  35     13.0     ( 8.9-18.6)  282
$25,000-49,999  37      6.3     ( 4.4- 8.9)  437     76.9     (72.3-80.8)  89     16.9     (13.3-21.1)  563
$50,000-74,999  15      5.1     ( 2.9- 8.6)  192     73.1     (66.2-79.0)  51     21.9     (16.4-28.6)  258
>=$75,000  19      9.5     ( 5.8-15.2)  147     78.1     (71.3-83.7)  31     12.4     ( 8.4-17.8)  197
Unknown/Refused  18      4.7     ( 2.7- 8.1)  188     66.7     (59.2-73.4)  65     28.6     (22.1-36.1)  271
COUNTY        
Honolulu  73      6.6     ( 5.1- 8.4)  824     75.1     (71.9-78.0) 182     18.3     (15.7-21.3) 1079
Hawaii  21      9.5     ( 6.0-14.6)  145     71.0     (63.0-77.8)  33     19.5     (13.6-27.3)  199
Kauai  22     12.8     ( 8.0-19.9)  140     64.5     (56.4-71.9)  42     22.6     (16.6-30.2)  204
Maui  23      9.7     ( 6.2-14.8)  223     71.3     (64.6-77.3)  49     19.0     (14.0-25.2)  295

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.