Table 1.
Respondent Characteristics
| Demographics | Value* |
|---|---|
| Mean age (SD), year | 55.9 (15.6) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 292 (59.3) |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Heterosexual | 473 (96.3) |
| Race | |
| White/Caucasian | 427 (87.7) |
| Black | 31 (6.4) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 13 (2.7) |
| Native American | 3 (0.6) |
| Other | 13 (2.7) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic | 471 (95.5) |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 111 (22.6) |
| Some college | 166 (33.7) |
| College graduate | 112 (22.8) |
| Postgraduate | 103 (20.9) |
| Religion | |
| Catholic/Christian | 137 (28.2) |
| Christian | 262 (53.9) |
| Jewish | 9 (1.9) |
| Muslim | 0 (0.0) |
| Atheist/Agnostic | 32 (6.6) |
| Other | 46 (9.5) |
| Religious service attendance (past year) | |
| None | 103 (20.9) |
| Once or a few times | 119 (24.2) |
| Once a month | 66 (13.4) |
| Once a week | 150 (30.5) |
| Several times a week | 54 (11.0) |
| Region of country | |
| Northeast | 101 (20.8) |
| Mid-Atlantic | 27 (5.6) |
| South | 119 (24.5) |
| Midwest | 131 (27.0) |
| Southwest | 39 (8.0) |
| West | 69 (14.2) |
| Type of town/city | |
| Urban | 115 (23.3) |
| Suburban | 239 (48.5) |
| Rural | 139 (28.2) |
| Political belief system | |
| Extremely/Very liberal | 36 (7.7) |
| Liberal | 182 (38.7) |
| Conservative | 195 (41.5) |
| Extremely/Very conservative | 57 (12.1) |
| Affiliated with military (active, retired, reserve, spouse/partner) | 57 (11.7) |
| Current provider sexual orientation | |
| Openly gay/lesbian | 2 (0.4) |
| Assume gay/lesbian | 0 (0.0) |
| Assume heterosexual | 232 (46.9) |
| Openly heterosexual | 101 (20.4) |
| Do not know | 137 (27.7) |
| Do not have provider | 23 (4.6) |
| Ever gay/lesbian PCP | |
| Yes | 20 (4.0) |
| No | 151 (30.3) |
| Do not know | 328 (65.7) |
SD Standard deviation
*All values are N (%) unless otherwise noted. Numbers in each category may not add up to 502 because of missing data points.