Table 6.
Relationships between Insurer Trust and Participant Characteristics
| Insurer Trust (Long Version) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | p | |
| Perceived health status | ||
| Fair or poor | 3.13 (0.13) | <.005* |
| Excellent, very good, or good | 3.46 (0.04) | |
| Education | ||
| High school | 3.51 (0.07) | <.05* |
| >High school | 3.36 (0.05) | |
| Type of health insurance | ||
| Indemnity (government or commercial) | 3.4 (0.76) | NS |
| Managed care plan | 3.3 (0.82) | |
| Gender | ||
| Women | 3.5 (0.78) | .07* |
| Men | 3.3 (0.78) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| African American | 3.5 (0.78) | NS |
| All others | 3.4 (0.79) | |
| Knowledge about plan | ||
| A great deal | 3.58 (0.81) | <.001† |
| Very little | 2.95 (0.96) | |
| Input into choosing plan | ||
| A great deal | 3.66 (0.07) | <.0001* |
| Very little | 3.26 (0.07) | |
| Length of time in plan | ||
| <1 year | 3.13 (0.71) | |
| 1–3 years | 3.28 (0.78) | <.05† |
| >3 years | 3.48 (0.78) | |
| Intent to switch plans | ||
| Intend to keep plan | 3.64 (0.04) | <.0001* |
| Intend to switch plans | 2.72 (.09) | |
| Hospitalization | Portion in middle quartiles of trust | |
| Yes (n=54) | 38.8% | .10‡ |
| No (n=289) | 51.2% | |
*
Student t-test.
†
ANOVA.
‡
χ2 test.