Table 1

Weighted sample characteristics of employed young adults, aged 18–26, in the San Francisco Bay Area

SF Bay Area Young Adult Health SurveyWeighted N=184 989
Unweighted n=804
Characteristic% or μSD
SHS exposure indoors at workplace1.4
SHS exposure outdoors at workplace31.2
Occupational category
 Management, business, science and arts (referent)36.2
 Service22.5
 Sales and office32.8
 Natural resources, construction and maintenance4.7
 Production1.3
 Transportation and material moving2.6
Employment status
 Full-time year-round25.5
 Part-time year-round19.7
 Full-time temporary15.5
 Part-time temporary (referent)39.3
Age, years23.22.3
Male45.6
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic22.9
 White, non-Hispanic (referent)35.1
 Black, non-Hispanic9.6
 Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic24.0
 Multirace, non-Hispanic8.3
Mother has bachelor's degree or higher41.0
Total annual income in 2013$21 717
 Median income in 2013$16 750
Labour union member13.4
Perception of SHS harm to babies and children (1—not at all to 7—extremely)6.41.3
Very good or excellent self-rated health58.8
Current smoker15.8
Resides in SF County (Alameda County=referent)28.2