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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Bioeth. 2009;9(6-7):3–10. doi: 10.1080/15265160902928209

Table 1.

Respondent Demographics

Did use Would use Would not use Total
n = 63 n = 693 n = 331 N = 1,087
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Age
 18–24 10 (16) 122 (18) 78 (24) 210 (20)
 25–34 23 (38) 245 (36) 120 (37) 388 (36)
 35–44 14 (23) 132 (19) 52 (16) 198 (19)
 45–54 10 (16) 133 (19) 49 (15) 192 (18)
 >= 55 4 (7) 52 (8) 26 (8) 82 (8)
 No answer 2 9 6 17
Race
 Caucasian 46 (77) 566 (83) 277 (85) 889 (83)
 Black 3 (5) 39 (6) 18 (6) 60 (6)
 Asian 7 (12) 46 (7) 20 (6) 73 (7)
 Other 4 (7) 30 (4) 9 (3) 43 (4)
 No answer 3 12 7 22
Gender
 Male 25 (41) 172 (25) 91 (28) 288 (27)
 Female 36 (59) 503 (75) 234 (72) 773 (73)
 No answer 2 18 6 26
Education
 <High school 5 (1) 3 (1) 8 (1)
 High school or general equivalency degree 8 (13) 56 (8) 27 (8) 91 (8)
 Some college or tech. school 15 (25) 213 (31) 109 (33) 337 (31)
 Bachelor’s degree 22 (36) 271 (39) 121 (37) 414 (39)
 Graduate degree 16 (26) 143 (21) 66 (20) 225 (21)
 No answer 2 5 5 12
Healthcare professional
 Yes 6 (10) 44 (6) 29 (9) 79 (7)
 No 57 (90) 649 (94) 302 (91) 1008 (93)
Healthcare insurance
 Yes 50 (83) 593 (87) 262 (80) 905 (85)
 No 10 (17) 87 (13) 58 (18) 155 (14)
 Not sure 4 (1) 6 (2) 10 (1)
 No answer 3 9 5 17
Have regular physician
 Yes 45 (74) 544 (79) 246 (75) 835 (78)
 No 16 (26) 132 (19) 76 (23) 224 (21)
 Not sure 10 (1) 5 (2) 15 (1)
 No answer 2 7 4 13
Have children age < 18 years
 Yes 30 (51) 234 (34) 100 (32) 364 (35)
 No 29 (49) 445 (66) 217 (68) 691 (65)
 No answer 4 14 14 32