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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nurs. 2010 Oct 6;27(6):520–527. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00894.x

TABLE 1.

Demographic and Health Care Characteristics of the Sample (N = 197)

Variable n %
Race/ethnicity
 American Indian 1 0.5
 Black 41 20.9
 White 154 78.6
Married/partnered
 Yes 96 48.7
 No 101 51.3
Education
 Less than high school 43 22.1
 High school diploma 76 39.0
 At least some postsecondary education 76 39.0
Household income
 Less than US$10,000 31 20.7
 US$10,000–19,999 40 26.7
 US$20,000–29,999 13 8.7
 US$30,000–39,999 21 14.0
 US$40,000 and above 45 30.0
Do you have health insurance?
 Yes 160 81.2
 No 37 18.8
Do you have a primary care provider?
 Yes 169 85.8
 No 28 14.2
How many times in the ED in last 3 months?
 0 102 53.7
 1 47 24.7
 2 22 11.6
 3 more 19 10.0

Note. ED = emergency department.