Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the non-community pharmacy respondents across racial and ethnic groups, 2009
Characteristics | Groups | Non-Hispanic Whites (N = 1117; weighted N = 15,902,451) | Non-Hispanic Blacks (N = 449; weighted N = 2,343,748) | Hispanics (N = 511; weighted N = 2,319,054) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
||||||||
Frequency | Weighted Number | % | Frequency | Weighted Number | % | Frequency | Weighted Number | % | ||
Age (years)b | 50–59 | 586 | 8,583,475 | 54.0 | 274 | 1,470,421 | 62.7 | 338 | 1,447,862 | 62.4 |
60–69 | 315 | 4,268,172 | 26.8 | 107 | 546,637 | 23.3 | 128 | 601,146 | 25.9 | |
70–79 | 146 | 2,060,599 | 13.0 | 45 | 213,987 | 9.2 | 29 | 180,525 | 7.8 | |
≥80 | 70 | 990,206 | 6.2 | 23 | 112,702 | 4.8 | 16 | 89,522 | 3.9 | |
Gendera | Female | 488 | 6,802,140 | 42.8 | 220 | 1,123,009 | 47.9 | 224 | 995,115 | 42.9 |
Male | 629 | 9,100,310 | 57.2 | 229 | 1,220,739 | 52.1 | 287 | 1,323,939 | 57.1 | |
Marital statusa | Not married | 384 | 5,304,522 | 33.4 | 229 | 1,118,612 | 47.7 | 162 | 794,732 | 34.3 |
Married | 733 | 10,597,929 | 66.6 | 220 | 1,225,136 | 52.3 | 349 | 1,524,322 | 65.7 | |
Highest degreea,b,c | Lower than high school | 133 | 1,602,211 | 10.1 | 123 | 521,261 | 22.8 | 271 | 1,140,352 | 50.1 |
High school | 538 | 7,430,926 | 46.9 | 217 | 1,207,268 | 52.7 | 163 | 729,964 | 32.1 | |
Bachelor | 219 | 3,323,661 | 21.0 | 42 | 253,856 | 11.1 | 37 | 197,019 | 8.7 | |
Master and higher | 140 | 2,214,072 | 14.0 | 29 | 181,124 | 7.9 | 14 | 99,064 | 4.4 | |
Other | 81 | 1,267,726 | 8.0 | 26 | 125,556 | 5.5 | 17 | 107,904 | 4.7 | |
Private health insurancea,b | No | 357 | 4,612,249 | 29.0 | 206 | 962,118 | 41.1 | 300 | 1,323,771 | 57.1 |
Yes | 760 | 11,290,202 | 71.0 | 243 | 1,381,630 | 58.9 | 211 | 995,284 | 42.9 | |
Medicarea,b | No | 754 | 11,074,775 | 69.6 | 335 | 1,792,127 | 76.5 | 431 | 1,869,151 | 80.6 |
Yes | 363 | 4,827,675 | 30.4 | 114 | 551,621 | 23.5 | 80 | 449,903 | 19.4 | |
Medicaida,b | No | 1088 | 15,573,247 | 97.9 | 410 | 2,161,638 | 92.2 | 473 | 2,173,057 | 93.7 |
Yes | 29 | 329,203 | 2.1 | 39 | 182,110 | 78 | 38 | 145,998 | 6.3 | |
Poverty categoriesa,b,d | Poor | 83 | 857,628 | 5.4 | 86 | 366,880 | 15.7 | 86 | 388,728 | 16.8 |
Near poor | 41 | 449,605 | 2.8 | 23 | 129,778 | 5.6 | 25 | 118,298 | 5.1 | |
Low income | 116 | 1,669,664 | 10.5 | 75 | 366,535 | 15.6 | 98 | 394,435 | 17.0 | |
Middle income | 340 | 4,596,467 | 28.9 | 132 | 640,511 | 27.3 | 197 | 828,975 | 35.7 | |
High income | 537 | 8,329,087 | 52.4 | 133 | 840,045 | 35.8 | 105 | 588,618 | 25.4 | |
Regiona,b | Northeast | 193 | 3,310,333 | 20.8 | 83 | 450,201 | 19.2 | 82 | 353,914 | 15.3 |
Midwest | 281 | 3,903,668 | 24.6 | 72 | 402,486 | 17.2 | 41 | 119,622 | 5.1 | |
South | 385 | 5,155,037 | 32.4 | 254 | 1,284,527 | 54.8 | 168 | 839,719 | 36.2 | |
West | 258 | 3,533,413 | 22.2 | 40 | 206,534 | 8.8 | 220 | 1,005,799 | 43.4 | |
Metropolitan Statistical areaa,b | No | 217 | 2,888,019 | 18.2 | 65 | 257,455 | 11.0 | 42 | 180,992 | 7.8 |
Yes | 900 | 13,014,432 | 81.8 | 384 | 2,086,293 | 89.0 | 469 | 2,138,062 | 92.2 | |
Self-perceived Health statusa,b,e | Excellent | 328 | 4,812,734 | 30.5 | 92 | 512,184 | 22.1 | 94 | 480,426 | 20.7 |
Very good | 399 | 5,714,233 | 36.2 | 142 | 756,085 | 32.7 | 158 | 758,942 | 32.7 | |
Good | 273 | 3,864,237 | 24.4 | 154 | 784,847 | 33.9 | 179 | 725,358 | 31.3 | |
Fair | 79 | 936,892 | 5.9 | 47 | 234,497 | 10.1 | 71 | 313,277 | 13.5 | |
Poor | 32 | 474,320 | 3.0 | 8 | 26,326 | 1.2 | 9 | 41,053 | 1.8 | |
No. of chronic conditions | ≤1 | 529 | 7,505,643 | 47.2 | 291 | 1,530,845 | 65.3 | 375 | 1,664,263 | 71.8 |
2–4 | 348 | 4,921,819 | 30.9 | 112 | 565,476 | 24.1 | 106 | 505,134 | 21.8 | |
≥5 | 240 | 3,474,989 | 21.9 | 46 | 247,428 | 10.6 | 30 | 149,657 | 6.4 |
P < 0.05 for the difference between non-Hispanic Whites (Whites) and non-Hispanic Blacks (Blacks).
P < 0.05 for the difference between Whites and Hispanics.
Information on Highest degree was missing for 27 non-community pharmacy respondents.
Categories of poverty status: Poor, <100% of poverty line; Near Poor, 100– <125% of poverty line; Low income, 125– <200% of poverty line; Middle income, 200– <400% of poverty line; High income, 400% and greater.
Information on self-perceived health status was missing for 12 non-community pharmacy respondents.