Table 3.
Index Scores of HPWS in Maryland and New York.
| Maryland (n = 488) |
New York (n = 1,072) |
Pooled (n = 1,560) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | % | total | % | total | % | |
| Knowledge Index | ||||||
| Passing | 229 | 50.9 | 508 | 53.0 | 737 | 52.3 |
| Failing | 221 | 49.1 | 450 | 47.0 | 671 | 47.7 |
| Confidence Index | ||||||
| Low | 111 | 24.2 | 294 | 31.6 | 405 | 29.1 |
| Moderate | 294 | 64.2 | 481 | 51.6 | 775 | 55.8 |
| High | 53 | 11.6 | 157 | 16.9 | 210 | 15.1 |
| Experience Index | ||||||
| None | 153 | 33.1 | 310 | 32.9 | 463 | 33.0 |
| Low | 97 | 21.0 | 174 | 18.5 | 271 | 19.3 |
| Moderate | 138 | 29.9 | 277 | 29.4 | 415 | 29.5 |
| High | 74 | 16.0 | 182 | 19.3 | 256 | 18.2 |
| Risk Perception | ||||||
| Low | 48 | 10.4 | 134 | 14.2 | 182 | 13.0 |
| Moderate | 230 | 49.9 | 430 | 45.6 | 660 | 47.0 |
| High | 183 | 39.7 | 380 | 40.3 | 563 | 40.1 |