Table 2.
Self-Reported Respondent Characteristics by Mode of Distribution*
| Survey Administration |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completed |
Distributed |
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| Mail (n=1,444) | Handout (n=1,033) | Mail (n=2,745) | Handout (n=2,140) | Not Distributed Handout (n=763) | |
| Age* | |||||
| 18–54 | 31.9 | 30.0 | 40.5 | 39.0 | 38.9 |
| 55–64 | 21.1 | 21.9 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 17.4 |
| 65–74 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.0 |
| 75+ | 25.7 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 28.7 |
| Gender (% male)* | 42.4 | 39.5 | 42.9 | 42.0 | 42.5 |
| Overall number of primary care office visits | |||||
| 1 | 12.1 | 11.2 | |||
| 2–4 | 64.8 | 65.2 | |||
| >4 | 23.1 | 23.6 | |||
| Physician–patient relationship duration | |||||
| <1 year | 15.6 | 14.5 | |||
| 1–3 years | 11.1 | 12.0 | |||
| >3 years | 73.3 | 73.5 | |||
| Race (% in group) | |||||
| White | 98.1 | 98.3 | |||
| Nonwhite | 1.9 | 1.7 | |||
| Education (% in group) | |||||
| <High school | 8.9 | 9.8 | |||
| High school graduate | 35.1 | 35.3 | |||
| Some college | 31.0 | 31.9 | |||
| College graduate | 25.1 | 23.1 | |||
| Days between survey distribution and receipt (SD) | 20.4 (10.5) | 12.0 (9.4)** | |||
| Self-rated physical health (SD) | 53.5 (24.0) | 53.7 (23.1) | |||
Note. Columns presented as percentiles reflect column percents.
*
p<.001 for comparison between completed and noncompleted surveys.
**
p<.001 for comparison between mail and handout surveys.