Frequency Of Seat Belt Use When Riding/Driving A Car

Honolulu County, BRFSS 2002

Demographic Characteristics	Always   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Nearly Always   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Sometimes/Seldom   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Never   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	2584  90.4  (88.8-91.8)	160   7.3  ( 6.0- 8.8)	37   1.5  ( 1.0- 2.3)	14   0.8  ( 0.4- 1.6)	2795	671013
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	225  82.4  (75.5-87.7)	28  14.0  ( 9.2-20.6)	5   2.3  ( 0.8- 6.0)	3   1.3  ( 0.3- 5.8)	261	91119
25-34 Years	444  86.6  (81.7-90.4)	35   8.6  ( 5.4-13.4)	13   3.1  ( 1.5- 6.2)	7   1.6  ( 0.7- 3.7)	499	127160
35-44 Years	534  94.1  (90.9-96.2)	24   4.7  ( 2.8- 7.7)	4   0.8  ( 0.3- 2.5)	1   0.4  ( 0.1- 2.6)	563	133779
45-54 Years	486  90.3  (86.9-92.8)	42   8.8  ( 6.3-12.0)	6   1.0  ( 0.4- 2.4)		534	117777
55-64 Years	306  91.5  (86.1-94.9)	16   5.8  ( 3.4- 9.7)	4   1.1  ( 0.4- 2.9)	1   1.6  ( 0.2-10.3)	327	80857
65+ Years	564  95.7  (93.2-97.3)	15   3.3  ( 1.9- 5.7)	5   0.9  ( 0.3- 2.3)	2   0.2  ( 0.0- 0.7)	586	116161
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	1064  87.5  (84.7-89.9)	92   8.8  ( 6.8-11.3)	23   2.2  ( 1.4- 3.7)	10   1.4  ( 0.7- 3.0)	1189	335632
Female	1520  93.3  (91.4-94.8)	68   5.7  ( 4.3- 7.6)	14   0.8  ( 0.4- 1.4)	4   0.1  ( 0.1- 0.4)	1606	335381
ETHNICITY
White	905  88.5  (85.1-91.2)	65   8.9  ( 6.4-12.3)	19   1.8  ( 1.1- 3.0)	7   0.8  ( 0.3- 1.9)	996	217981
Hawaiian	247  85.3  (78.1-90.4)	16   7.6  ( 4.5-12.6)	6   3.6  ( 1.4- 9.0)	4   3.5  ( 1.1-11.0)	273	73158
Filipino	317  91.9  (87.6-94.8)	25   7.9  ( 5.0-12.2)		1   0.2  ( 0.0- 1.3)	343	100751
Japanese	626  94.9  (92.3-96.7)	16   3.0  ( 1.8- 5.1)	8   1.5  ( 0.7- 3.6)	2   0.5  ( 0.1- 2.2)	652	149210
Others	489  90.2  (86.5-93.0)	38   8.8  ( 6.2-12.3)	4   1.0  ( 0.3- 3.1)		531	129913
MARITAL STATUS
Married	1459  93.9  (92.3-95.2)	69   5.1  ( 4.0- 6.6)	12   0.7  ( 0.4- 1.3)	2   0.3  ( 0.1- 1.0)	1542	394993
Unmarried	1116  85.4  (82.0-88.2)	91  10.4  ( 8.0-13.5)	25   2.7  ( 1.6- 4.4)	12   1.5  ( 0.7- 3.4)	1244	274763
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	139  93.3  (87.3-96.6)	9   5.6  ( 2.7-11.0)	1   1.1  ( 0.2- 7.3)		149	35540
High School	765  87.6  (84.5-90.2)	67   9.5  ( 7.3-12.3)	12   1.7  ( 0.9- 3.2)	6   1.1  ( 0.4- 2.9)	850	221701
Some College	763  89.6  (85.9-92.5)	52   9.1  ( 6.4-12.8)	9   0.9  ( 0.4- 1.8)	4   0.4  ( 0.1- 1.4)	828	200271
College	911  93.5  (91.0-95.4)	32   3.5  ( 2.4- 5.1)	15   2.0  ( 1.0- 3.9)	4   0.9  ( 0.2- 3.5)	962	212541
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	1634  90.5  (88.5-92.3)	100   6.9  ( 5.4- 8.7)	27   1.7  ( 1.1- 2.8)	11   0.8  ( 0.4- 1.7)	1772	434739
Unemployed	78  81.5  (70.0-89.3)	14  16.7  ( 9.4-27.9)	1   1.8  ( 0.2-11.5)		93	28016
Student/Homemaker	259  85.0  (78.3-90.0)	28  13.3  ( 8.6-19.9)	3   1.5  ( 0.4- 5.1)	1   0.2  ( 0.0- 1.7)	291	78076
Retired/Can't work	608  95.1  (91.8-97.1)	18   3.1  ( 1.8- 5.2)	6   0.8  ( 0.3- 1.7)	2   1.1  ( 0.2- 6.3)	634	129396
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	217  94.7  (90.3-97.1)	8   3.4  ( 1.6- 7.0)	4   1.8  ( 0.5- 5.8)	1   0.2  ( 0.0- 1.2)	230	47453
$15,000-24,999	246  87.6  (77.5-93.5)	13   7.1  ( 2.7-17.1)	3   1.1  ( 0.3- 3.6)	3   4.3  ( 1.3-13.1)	265	62698
$25,000-49,999	575  93.4  (90.5-95.4)	31   5.4  ( 3.5- 8.1)	8   1.1  ( 0.5- 2.3)	2   0.2  ( 0.0- 0.6)	616	139676
$50,000-74,999	381  91.1  (86.1-94.5)	18   6.2  ( 3.3-11.2)	9   2.2  ( 1.0- 4.7)	2   0.5  ( 0.1- 2.2)	410	97191
>=$75,000	397  93.0  (88.8-95.7)	13   3.5  ( 1.9- 6.2)	4   2.0  ( 0.6- 6.4)	5   1.5  ( 0.6- 4.0)	419	105139
Unknown/Refused	768  86.9  (83.7-89.5)	77  11.7  ( 9.2-14.8)	9   1.4  ( 0.7- 2.7)	1   0.1  ( 0.0- 0.4)	855	218856

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.

N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.