Table 1.
Sociodemographics by MiRS Group (n = 59,001),a as a Percentage of All Respondents
| MiRS group | Minimizing burden/secondary gain/both often/very often (N = 18,708; 31.7%) | SMD Minimizing burden/secondary gain/both often/very often vs never | ||||||
| Never (N = 6,715; 11.4%) | Rarely/sometimes (N = 33,578; 56.9%) | Minimizing burden Often/very often (N = 9,987; 16.9%) |
Secondary gain Often/very often (N = 1,556; 2.6%) |
Both often/very often (N = 7,165; 12.1%) | Total (N = 59,001) | |||
| Age, y, mean (SD)b | 44.7 (15.3) | 42.5 (14.8) | 40.0 (14.1) | 35.3 (11.7) | 35.9 (11.9) | 41.3 (14.6) | 38.0 (13.3) | 0.46 |
| Sex at birth, n (%)b | ||||||||
| Female | 5,208 (77.6) | 24,920 (74.2) | 7,803 (78.1) | 1,003 (64.5) | 5,244 (73.2) | 44,178 (74.9) | 14,050 (75.1) | 0.06 |
| Male | 1,507 (22.4) | 8,658 (25.8) | 2,184 (21.9) | 553 (35.5) | 1,921 (26.8) | 14,823 (25.1) | 4,658 (24.9) | 0.06 |
| Live in metropolitan area, n (% yes)b | 5,605 (83.5) | 28,008 (83.4) | 8,206 (82.2) | 1,324 (85.1) | 5,844 (81.6) | 48,987 (83.0) | 15,374 (82.2) | 0.03 |
| Geographic region, n (%)b | ||||||||
| Northeast | 1,278 (19.0) | 6,072 (18.1) | 1,637 (16.4) | 275 (17.7) | 1,102 (15.4) | 10,364 (17.6) | 3,014 (16.1) | 0.08 |
| Midwest | 1,461 (21.8) | 7,678 (22.9) | 2,285 (22.9) | 352 (22.6) | 1,556 (21.7) | 13,332 (22.6) | 4,193 (22.4) | 0.02 |
| South | 2,650 (39.5) | 13,152 (39.2) | 4,026 (40.3) | 638 (41.0) | 3,011 (42.0) | 23,477 (39.8) | 7,675 (41.0) | 0.03 |
| West | 1,326 (19.7) | 6,676 (19.9) | 2,039 (20.4) | 291 (18.7) | 1,496 (20.9) | 11,828 (20.0) | 3,826 (20.5) | 0.02 |
| Ethnicity, n (% Hispanic, Latino/Spanish)b | 532 (7.9) | 3,469 (10.3) | 1,074 (10.8) | 284 (18.3) | 1,052 (14.7) | 6,411 (10.9) | 2,410 (12.9) | 0.16 |
| Race, n (%)b | ||||||||
| White only | 4,956 (73.8) | 23,782 (70.8) | 7,083 (70.9) | 898 (57.7) | 4,668 (65.2) | 41,387 (70.1) | 12,649 (67.6) | 0.14 |
| Black only | 564 (8.4) | 2,677 (8.0) | 688 (6.9) | 139 (8.9) | 492 (6.9) | 4,560 (7.7) | 1,319 (7.1) | 0.05 |
| Other races | 1,195 (17.8) | 7,119 (21.2) | 2,216 (22.2) | 519 (33.4) | 2,005 (28.0) | 13,054 (22.1) | 4,740 (25.3) | 0.18 |
| Education, n (% college graduate)b | 2,386 (35.5) | 11,924 (35.5) | 3,229 (32.3) | 534 (34.3) | 2,377 (33.2) | 20,450 (34.7) | 6,140 (32.8) | 0.06 |
| Employment status, n (% full-time/part-time)b | 3,696 (55.0) | 19,313 (57.5) | 5,328 (53.3) | 966 (62.1) | 4,203 (58.7) | 33,506 (56.8) | 10,497 (56.1) | 0.02 |
| Annual household income, n (% <$50,000)b | 3,097 (46.1) | 16,473 (49.1) | 5,265 (52.7) | 801 (51.5) | 3,930 (54.8) | 29,566 (50.1) | 9,996 (53.4) | 0.15 |
| Health insurance, n (% yes)b | 5,725 (85.3) | 28,796 (85.8) | 8,448 (84.6) | 1,268 (81.5) | 5,999 (83.7) | 50,236 (85.1) | 15,715 (84.0) | 0.03 |
| Married/living with partner, n (% yes)b | 3,821 (56.9) | 18,579 (55.3) | 5,388 (54.0) | 796 (51.2) | 3,914 (54.6) | 32,498 (55.1) | 10,098 (54.0) | 0.06 |
| Children younger than 18 y, n (% yes)b | 2,426 (36.1) | 14,062 (41.9) | 4,457 (46.4) | 864 (55.5) | 3,914 (54.6) | 25,723 (43.9) | 9,235 (49.4) | 0.27 |
Abbreviations: MiRS = Migraine-Related Stigma; SMD = standardized mean difference.
Minimizing burden/secondary gain/both often/very often column reflects the mean (SD) or percentage when combining the individual columns of minimizing burden often/very often, secondary gain often/very often, and both often/very often.
a
See eTable 2 (links.lww.com/WNL/D342) for full variable description.
b
All comparisons were significant p < 0.001.