Table 2.
Distribution of survey rurality scale stratified by zip code-derived RUCA category.
| Rurality scales | Overall (970) n (%) |
Rural (523) n (%) |
Urban (447) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| “How much do you see yourself belonging to a rural community?” Not at all Barely A little About half Pretty much Very much Extremely Missing |
233 (24.9) 90 (9.6) 99 (10.6) 107 (11.4) 144 (15.4) 145 (15.5) 118 (12.6) 34 (3.5) |
52 (22.3) 43 (47.8) 48 (48.5) 62 (57.9) 105 (72.9) 110 (75.9) 85 (72.0) 18 (52.9) |
181 (77.7) 47 (52.2) 51 (51.5) 45 (42.1) 39 (27.1) 35 (24.1) 33 (28.0) 16 (47.1) |
| “How much is being from a rural community a part of who you are?” Not at all Barely A little About half Pretty much Very much Extremely Missing |
224 (24.0) 90 (9.6) 105 (11.2) 107 (11.5) 135 (14.5) 183 (19.6) 90 (9.6) 36 (3.7) |
46 (20.5) 41 (45.6) 57 (54.3) 67 (62.6) 93 (68.9) 132 (72.1) 68 (75.6) 19 (52.8) |
178 (79.5) 49 (54.4) 48 (45.7) 40 (37.4) 42 (31.1) 51 (27.9) 22 (24.4) 17 (47.2) |
| “How much do you identify with people who live in rural communities?” Not at all Barely A little About half Pretty much Very much Extremely Missing |
77 (8.2) 104 (11.1) 167 (17.9) 131 (14.0) 187 (20.0) 196 (21.0) 73 (7.8) 35 (3.6) |
15 (19.5) 36 (34.6) 70 (41.9) 75 (57.3) 122 (65.2) 139 (70.9) 49 (67.1) 17 (48.6) |
62 (80.5) 68 (65.4) 97 (58.1) 56 (42.8) 65 (34.8) 57 (29.1) 24 (32.9) 18 (51.4) |
| “To what extent do you feel your general attitudes and opinions are similar to people who live in rural communities?” Not at all Barely A little About half Pretty much Very much Extremely Missing |
68 (7.3) 95 (10.2) 172 (18.5) 201 (21.6) 206 (22.2) 141 (15.2) 46 (5.0) 41 (4.2) |
15 (22.1) 36 (37.9) 72 (41.9) 114 (56.7) 136 (66.0) 97 (68.8) 34 (73.9) 19 (46.3) |
53 (77.9) 59 (62.1) 100 (58.1) 87 (43.3) 70 (34.0) 44 (31.2) 12 (26.1) 22 (53.7) |
| “To what extent do you feel that you are typical of people who live in rural communities?” Not at all Barely A little About half Pretty much Very much Extremely Missing |
132 (14.2) 131 (14.1) 137 (14.7) 157 (16.9) 203 (21.8) 125 (13.5) 45 (4.8) 40 (4.1) |
27 (20.5) 64 (48.9) 62 (45.3) 91 (58.0) 139 (68.5) 86 (68.8) 36 (80.0) 18 (45.0) |
105 (79.6) 67 (51.2) 75 (54.7) 66 (42.0) 64 (31.5) 39 (31.2) 9 (20.0) 22 (55.0) |
| “To what extent do you consider yourself a ‘city’ person?” Extremely Very much Pretty much About half A little Barely Not at all Missing |
212 (22.5) 128 (13.6) 123 (13.1) 134 (14.3) 138 (14.7) 123 (13.1) 82 (8.7) 30 (3.1) |
13 (15.9) 34 (27.6) 44 (31.9) 82 (61.2) 79 (64.2) 97 (75.8) 159 (75.0) 15 (50.0) |
69 (84.2) 89 (72.4) 94 (68.1) 52 (38.8) 44 (35.8) 31 (24.2) 53 (25.0) 15 (50.0) |
Results are listed as n (%), with n being the sample size unless otherwise indicated. For the overall sample, the column percentages are reported. For rural and urban sample, the row percentages are reported. Rurality scale for self-perceived responses is Likert in nature (ordinal), the zip-code based RUCA category scale is binary in nature (a special case of ordinal scale).