How Often Does Your Oldest Child Wear Helmt When Riding a Bicycle

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997

Demographic Characteristics	Always/Nearly always     N          %        95% C.I.	Sometimes/Seldom         N          %        95% C.I.	Never                    N          %        95% C.I.	Others   N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	156     23.8     (20.3-27.8)	74     12.3     ( 9.5-15.8)	186     29.7     (25.6-34.2)	205     34.1     (29.8-38.7)	621
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	-	-	13     44.2     (26.4-63.6)	13     33.1     (18.4-52.0)	--
25-34 Years	49     34.2     (26.2-43.3)	17     13.8     ( 8.2-22.3)	41     26.5     (19.4-35.1)	35     25.5     (18.3-34.2)	142
35-44 Years	80     28.6     (23.0-34.9)	34     11.7     ( 8.1-16.6)	81     28.4     (22.8-34.9)	87     31.2     (25.3-37.8)	282
45-54 Years	17     11.9     ( 7.0-19.4)	18     15.2     ( 9.2-24.3)	38     28.5     (20.0-38.9)	48     44.4     (33.9-55.3)	121
55-64 Years	-	-	11     42.8     (21.2-67.6)	12     42.6     (21.6-66.7)	--
65+ Years	-	-	-	10     54.0     (29.4-76.8)	--
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	67     26.3     (20.7-32.8)	26     11.4     ( 7.4-17.0)	70     31.9     (25.4-39.1)	74     30.5     (24.4-37.3)	237
Female	89     21.8     (17.4-26.9)	48     13.1     ( 9.4-18.0)	116     27.9     (22.9-33.5)	131     37.2     (31.4-43.4)	384
ETHNICITY
White	68     38.2     (30.6-46.4)	28     15.7     (10.6-22.7)	44     17.9     (12.7-24.5)	52     28.2     (21.3-36.4)	192
Hawaiian	17     14.4     ( 8.5-23.4)	14     17.0     ( 9.4-28.8)	40     35.1     (25.2-46.4)	41     33.6     (23.8-45.0)	112
Filipino	15     18.2     (10.4-29.9)	10     10.6     ( 5.2-20.6)	30     34.0     (23.7-46.1)	35     37.1     (26.6-49.0)	90
Japanese	23     17.4     (11.2-26.1)	12     10.0     ( 5.2-18.3)	36     30.1     (21.5-40.2)	42     42.6     (32.5-53.2)	113
Others	33     26.6     (18.7-36.2)	10      7.2     ( 3.6-14.0)	36     34.9     (25.1-46.1)	35     31.3     (22.3-42.0)	114
MARITAL STATUS
Married	122     26.6     (22.3-31.3)	57     13.0     ( 9.8-17.2)	127     27.7     (23.2-32.6)	134     32.8     (27.8-38.1)	440
Unmarried	34     16.6     (11.0-24.3)	17     10.4     ( 5.7-18.2)	58     35.1     (26.4-44.9)	71     37.9     (29.5-47.1)	180
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	5     17.5     ( 6.2-40.2)	-	11     30.5     (14.7-52.7)	12     41.8     (22.5-63.9)	--
High School	35     16.9     (11.9-23.5)	23     15.4     ( 9.7-23.6)	74     38.1     (30.3-46.4)	66     29.6     (23.0-37.2)	198
Some College	63     29.1     (22.5-36.6)	23     10.4     ( 6.6-16.2)	47     23.6     (17.2-31.4)	72     36.9     (29.5-44.9)	205
College	53     27.7     (21.2-35.3)	24     11.4     ( 7.4-17.0)	54     26.9     (20.4-34.5)	53     34.1     (26.3-42.8)	184
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	113     23.5     (19.5-28.2)	56     12.7     ( 9.4-17.0)	139     29.3     (24.7-34.4)	150     34.4     (29.4-39.8)	458
Unemployed	7     20.7     ( 9.3-39.9)	6     13.2     ( 5.7-27.5)	17     40.1     (24.1-58.5)	14     26.0     (14.4-42.3)	--
Student/homemaker	29     26.6     (18.1-37.3)	9     12.0     ( 5.5-24.3)	20     24.4     (14.8-37.6)	26     37.0     (25.7-49.9)	84
Retired/Can't Work	7     24.6     (11.2-45.6)	-	10     34.6     (18.4-55.4)	15     33.2     (18.9-51.5)	--
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	11     12.1     ( 5.7-24.0)	7      9.5     ( 3.8-22.0)	39     49.0     (36.1-62.0)	28     29.4     (19.7-41.3)	85
$15,000-24,999	22     28.7     (18.3-42.1)	13     18.2     (10.0-30.9)	20     24.1     (14.0-38.3)	21     28.9     (17.9-43.1)	76
$25,000-49,999	55     27.2     (20.8-34.6)	23     12.9     ( 8.1-19.8)	49     20.7     (15.0-27.7)	75     39.3     (31.7-47.5)	202
$50,000-74,999	39     27.6     (20.0-36.7)	15     11.1     ( 6.3-18.6)	39     33.0     (24.2-43.2)	33     28.4     (19.6-39.2)	126
>=$75,000	24     26.2     (17.3-37.5)	13     12.3     ( 6.9-21.1)	27     29.6     (20.2-41.0)	28     31.9     (22.0-43.8)	92
Unknown/Refused	5     10.0     ( 3.3-26.5)	-	12     36.7     (21.6-55.0)	20     43.9     (28.2-61.0)	--
COUNTY
Honolulu	120     27.2     (22.7-32.2)	45     11.4     ( 8.3-15.4)	100     27.0     (22.2-32.4)	128     34.4     (29.2-40.0)	393
Hawaii	11     17.8     ( 9.4-31.2)	7     11.4     ( 4.6-25.6)	22     37.4     (24.6-52.2)	26     33.4     (21.7-47.6)	66
Kauai	13     11.0     ( 6.0-19.3)	10     12.1     ( 6.2-22.4)	43     60.5     (47.9-71.9)	13     16.4     ( 9.2-27.3)	79
Maui	12     14.7     ( 8.0-25.4)	12     18.8     ( 9.6-33.6)	21     25.9     (16.5-38.3)	38     40.7     (29.4-53.0)	83

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.