Table 1.
Subject Characteristics
| Percent of study population | Distrust of the Health Care System Scale Score (Range 10 to50) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | P-Value | ||
| Age (y) | |||
| 18 to 30 | 21.7 | 28.7 | .001 |
| 31 to 40 | 22.2 | 31.4 | |
| 41 to 50 | 19.8 | 31.1 | |
| 51 to 60 | 15.1 | 31.4 | |
| 61 to 70 | 11.3 | 29.6 | |
| >70 | 10.0 | 29.5 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| African American | 7.8 | 30.3 | .68 |
| Caucasian | 80.7 | 30.4 | |
| Hispanic | 5.9 | 30.0 | |
| Other | 5.6 | 32.3 | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 52.3 | 30.3 | .52 |
| Male | 47.7 | 30.7 | |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 10.5 | 30.4 | .77 |
| High school only | 34.0 | 30.2 | |
| Some college | 24.0 | 30.9 | |
| College or higher | 31.5 | 30.2 | |
| Region | |||
| Northeast | 15.6 | 30.9 | .48 |
| Midwest | 26.0 | 29.9 | |
| South | 39.0 | 30.6 | |
| West | 19.4 | 30.8 | |
| Annual household income | |||
| < $20,000 | 18.0 | 30.5 | .94 |
| $20,000 to $39,999 | 30.0 | 30.1 | |
| $40,000 to $59,999 | 23.1 | 30.5 | |
| >$60,000 | 28.9 | 30.8 | |
| Health insurance | |||
| None | 13.8 | 31.7 | .04 |
| Government | 20.9 | 30.4 | |
| Private | 65.3 | 29.6 | |
| Personal health care provider | |||
| Yes | 78.6 | 30.5 | .81 |
| No | 21.4 | 31.0 | |
| Source of health care | |||
| Private clinic | 72.6 | 30.5 | .46 |
| Hospital-based clinic | 10.0 | 31.0 | |
| Public health clinic | 9.9 | 29.6 | |
| Emergency room | 5.3 | 29.5 | |
| Self-reported health | |||
| Excellent | 16.1 | 29.4 | .001 |
| Very good | 37.6 | 30.4 | |
| Good | 29.0 | 30.0 | |
| Fair | 14.0 | 32.4 | |
| Poor | 3.3 | 34.5 | |