Table 2.
Participant Characteristics
| Mean age in years = 21 (SD 4.6) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n* | % | |
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| Sex: female | 352 | 73 |
| Student status | ||
| Undergraduate | 421 | 92 |
| Graduate | 29 | 6 |
| Professional (Medicine and Law) | 6 | 1 |
| Racial/ethnic background | ||
| Asian | 30 | 7 |
| Black or African American | 12 | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino/a | 10 | 2 |
| Native American or Alaskan Native | 10 | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.4 |
| White | 393 | 86 |
| Study abroad status | ||
| Interested, but no specific plans | 36 | 8 |
| Planning | 152 | 34 |
| Currently abroad | 76 | 17 |
| Returned | 187 | 35 |
| Prior travel to a malaria-risk region | ||
| Yes | 155 | 32 |
| No | 299 | 63 |
| Don’t know | 24 | 5 |
| Future travel to a malaria-risk region | ||
| Yes | 309 | 64 |
| No | 129 | 27 |
| Don’t know | 40 | 8 |
*
n may vary due to missing cases