Table 3.
Participant characteristics and baseline attitudes (N = 562)
| Entire Sample (N = 562 in 50 groups)
|
Recorded Subset (N = 255 in 25 groups)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N | %* or Mean ± SD | N | %* or Mean ± SD |
| Age (in years) | – | 47.8 ± 19.0 | – | 47.1 ± 19.4 |
| Female | 290 | 52.5 | 137 | 53.7 |
| Missing | 10 | – | ||
| Race (missing 47/562) | ||||
| White | 312 | 56.2 | 150 | 58.8 |
| Black or African American | 219 | 39.5 | 91 | 35.7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.6 |
| Other/Unknown | 24 | 4.4 | 10 | 3.9 |
| Insurance status | ||||
| Private Insurance | 172 | 44.3 | 89 | 38.9 |
| Medicaid | 15 | 3.9 | 7 | 3.0 |
| Medicare | 90 | 23.2 | 81 | 35.2 |
| Other Insurance | 25 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Uninsured | 86 | 22.2 | 53 | 23.0 |
| Missing | 174 | – | 25 | – |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 145 | 26.1 | 58 | 23.2 |
| Single or never married | 212 | 38.1 | 94 | 37.6 |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 199 | 35.8 | 98 | 39.2 |
| Educational Attainment | ||||
| Less than high school | 61 | 10.9 | 22 | 8.7 |
| High school graduate or GED | 144 | 25.8 | 70 | 27.6 |
| Some college | 137 | 24.6 | 67 | 26.4 |
| College graduate or more | 216 | 38.7 | 95 | 37.4 |
| Household Income | ||||
| $0 – \ $7,500 | 130 | 25.0 | 36 | 14.1 |
| $7,500 – \ $15,000 | 106 | 20.3 | 54 | 21.1 |
| $15,000 – \ $35,000 | 140 | 26.9 | 70 | 27.4 |
| $35,000 or more | 145 | 27.8 | 60 | 23.5 |
| Unknown or not reported | 41 | – | 35 | 13.7 |
| Health Status | ||||
| Excellent | 108 | 19.3 | 53 | 20.9 |
| Very Good | 192 | 34.3 | 91 | 35.8 |
| Good | 169 | 30.2 | 79 | 31.1 |
| Fair | 81 | 14.5 | 29 | 11.4 |
| Poor | 10 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Chronic illness in household in past year | 193 | 36.0 | 82 | 34.3 |
| Member of household hospitalized in past 6 months | 96 | 17.6 | 36 | 14.6 |
| ≥ 1 physician visits in households in past 6 months | 531 | 94.5 | 235 | 92.2 |
| Out-of-pocket healthcare costs, past 12 months | ||||
| $0 | 88 | 18.2 | 29 | 11.4 |
| < $500 | 196 | 40.5 | 96 | 37.6 |
| $500 – < $2,000 | 137 | 28.3 | 66 | 25.9 |
| $2,000 or more | 63 | 13.0 | 19 | 7.4 |
| Unknown | 78 | – | 45 | 17.6 |
*
Percentages do not always add to 100 due to unknowns and rounding. The number of individuals with unknown values ranges from 2 to 5; where more frequent, we report the number of unknowns as a separate category