Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants in the AHA Women’s Online Awareness Tracking Survey by Year: 2009 and 2019
| Overall | NH White | NH Black | Hispanic | NH Asian | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 (n=1158) |
2019 (n=1345) |
2009 (n=634) |
2019 (n=660) |
2009 (n=127) |
2019 (n=209) |
2009 (n=251) |
2019 (n=216) |
2009 (n=125) |
2019 (n=201) |
|
| Mean age (SD), y | 50.0 | 50.6 | 51.4 | 52.9 | 47.6 | 48.8 | 45.7 | 45.6 | 46.1 | 47.4 |
| Age groups, % | ||||||||||
| 25–34 y | 15.7 | 20.2* | 12.7 | 17.3* | 21.4 | 22.1 | 25.0 | 29.5* | 25.4 | 22.4 |
| 35–44 y | 23.2 | 18.2 | 22.9 | 14.1* | 23.7 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 23.6* | 28.2 | 29.4 |
| 45–54 y | 19.4 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 24.1 | 16.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| 55–64 y | 20.3 | 21.4* | 20.3 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 21.5 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.7 |
| ≥65 y | 21.4 | 24.3* | 24.7 | 29.2* | 15.6 | 19.2 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 17.9 |
| Race/ethnicity, % | ||||||||||
| NH White | 69.6 | 61.7 | ||||||||
| NH Black | 11.8 | 12.3 | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 12.0 | 15.0* | ||||||||
| NH Asian | 5.1 | 6.5* | ||||||||
| Others | 1.4 | 3.6* | ||||||||
| Educational attainment, % | ||||||||||
| Less than high school | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| High school graduate, job-specific training | 37.9 | 33.9 | 36.1 | 32.6 | 45.7 | 35.5 | 49.5 | 44.9 | 17.2 | 28.9* |
| Some college, associate degree | 26.4 | 25.8 | 27.2 | 24.6 | 27.0 | 31.4 | 22.3 | 25.1* | 23.7 | 14.4 |
| 4-y College degree, some graduate school but less than postgraduate degree | 23.2 | 25.3* | 24.1 | 28.7* | 15.3 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 50.8 | 34.4 |
| Postgraduate degree | 7.8 | 10.8* | 7.6 | 10.7* | 10.2 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 11.2 | 19.6* |
| Household income, % | ||||||||||
| <$35 000 | 25.9 | 25.1 | 22.9 | 21.8 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 34.1 | 30.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 |
| $35 000–$49 999 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 |
| $50 000–$74 999 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 13.4 | 13.5 |
| $75 000–$99 999 | 11.2 | 13.1* | 11.6 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 15.0* | 12.1 | 13.5 |
| ≥$100 000 | 18.2 | 31.1* | 20.7 | 36.2* | 8.8 | 18.9* | 10.8 | 20.3* | 27.1 | 40.0* |
| Refused | 17.2 | 3.4* | 17.8 | 3.0* | 14.8 | 1.9* | 12.7 | 1.5* | 23.1 | 6.7 |
| Marital status, % | ||||||||||
| Single, never married | 14.8 | 17.9* | 9.5 | 11.5 | 38.9 | 40.7 | 19.4 | 224* | 23.9 | 23.6 |
| Married/cohabitating | 67.1 | 62.3* | 71.6 | 67.8 | 42.3 | 40.6 | 66.9 | 58.6 | 62.6 | 66.0* |
| Separated/divorced | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 10.4 | 15.0* | 9.6 | 9.4 |
| Widowed | 6.1 | 7.6* | 6.8 | 9.3* | 6.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
| Participant characteristics | ||||||||||
| History of heart attack | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 2.8* | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| History of stroke | 2.1 | 4.3* | 2.6 | 3.8 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 5.3* | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| History of hypertension | NA | 36.8 | NA | 36.4 | NA | 57.6 | NA | 28.4 | NA | 30.4 |
| History of diabetes mellitus | 10.2 | 12.5* | 10.1 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 25.9* | 9.1 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 13.5 |
| Ever use of ≥1 technology-enabled devices to monitor/improve health | NA | 54.5 | NA | 54.1 | NA | 48.8 | NA | 57.3 | NA | 62.0 |
Data were weighted by age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, household income, and region to reflect the composition of the US population of women ≥25 years of age who speak English according to distributions reported in the US Census Bureau’s March 2018 Current Population Survey.11 AHA indicates American Heart Association; NA, not available; and NH, non-Hispanic.
*
P<0.05 vs 2009.