Table 3.
Respondent characteristics, knowledge and attitudes associated with the composite preference measure with regard to genetic research results of the respondent’s children.
| Respondent Characteristics, Knowledge or Attitudes |
Returning Genetic Research Results (Composite Preference Measure) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| All Genetic Research Results n=470 (47.3%) |
Only Selected Genetic Research Results n=525 (52.7%) |
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| N (%) | N (%) | p-value | |
| Respondent Characteristics | |||
| Gender (n=984) | 0.858 | ||
| Male | 63 (48.0) | 68 (52.0) | |
| Female | 402 (47.1) | 451 (52.9) | |
| Age (n=977) | 0.865 | ||
| 24 years or younger | 8 (50.7) | 8 (49.3) | |
| 25 years to 34 years | 77 (48.8) | 81 (51.2) | |
| 35 years to 44 years | 208 (47.6) | 228 (52.4) | |
| 45 years to 54 years | 148 (45.2) | 180 (54.8) | |
| 55 years or older | 21 (53.9) | 18 (46.1) | |
| Education (n=990) | 0.019 | ||
| High School Graduate or Less | 56 (59.5) | 38 (40.5) | |
| Some College or More | 413 (46.1) | 483 (53.9) | |
| Income (n=987) | 0.010 | ||
| < $25,000 | 46 (63.0) | 27 (37.0) | |
| $25,000 – $49,999 | 48 (57.4) | 35 (42.6) | |
| $50,000 – $74,999 | 64 (53.9) | 55 (46.1) | |
| $75,000 – $100,000 | 53 (40.3) | 78 (59.7) | |
| > $100,000 | 194 (43.8) | 249 (56.2) | |
| Prefer not to say | 62 (45.0) | 76 (55.0) | |
| Marital Status (n=981) | 0.040 | ||
| Married or living with a partner | 368 (45.1) | 448 (54.9) | |
| Never married | 42 (58.4) | 30 (41.6) | |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 51 (55.2) | 42 (44.8) | |
| Private Insurance (n=988) | 0.034 | ||
| No | 74 (56.3) | 57 (43.7) | |
| Not sure | 73 (52.9) | 65 (47.1) | |
| Yes | 322 (44.8) | 397 (55.2) | |
| Hispanic (n=985) | 0.020 | ||
| No | 425 (46.2) | 495 (53.8) | |
| Yes | 40 (61.6) | 25 (38.4) | |
| Caucasian (n=978) | 0.010 | ||
| No | 81 (57.3) | 60 (42.7) | |
| Yes | 378 (45.2) | 459 (54.8) | |
| Do you believe you have a medical condition that is at least partly genetic? (n=988) | 0.234 | ||
| No | 214 (44.6) | 266 (55.4) | |
| Not sure | 66 (46.4) | 77 (53.6) | |
| Yes | 186 (51.0) | 179 (49.0) | |
| Knowledge | |||
| Genes make some people more likely to get certain diseases. (n=987) | 0.234 | ||
| No1 | 24 (40.0) | 37 (60.0) | |
| Yes2 | 442 (47.7) | 484 (52.3 | |
| Genes make some people more likely to benefit from medicines than others. n=893) | 0.023 | ||
| No1 | 111 (42.0) | 153 (58.0) | |
| Yes2 | 322 (51.1) | 307 (48.9) | |
| Attitudes | |||
| Receiving my child’s genetic research results might worry me. (n=963) | 0.001 | ||
| No | 147 (69.3) | 65 (30.7) | |
| Yes | 305 (40.6) | 446 (59.4) | |
| Receiving my child’s genetic research results might worry my family. (n=949) | 0.001 | ||
| No | 158 (65.6) | 83 (34.4) | |
| Yes | 286 (40.4) | 422 (59.6) | |
| Receiving my child’s genetic research results might make it hard to get/keep a job. (n=907) | 0.066 | ||
| No | 330 (49.6) | 336 (50.4) | |
| Yes | 101 (41.9) | 140 (58.1) | |
| Receiving my child’s genetic research results might make it hard to get/keep insurance. (n=929) | 0.001 | ||
| No | 224 (54.5) | 187 (45.5) | |
| Yes | 213 (41.1) | 305 (58.9) | |
| Receiving my child’s genetic research results might lead to discrimination. (n=911) | 0.014 | ||
| No | 283 (50.8) | 274 (49.2) | |
| Yes | 147 (41.6) | 207 (58.4) | |
| I trust medical researchers to use samples only for the purposes to which I consented. (n=995) | 0.080 | ||
| No1 | 62 (40.2) | 93 (59.8) | |
| Yes2 | 408 (48.6) | 432 (51.4) | |
| I trust medical researchers to keep samples and medical information confidential or private. (n=994) | 0.224 | ||
| No1 | 74 (42.7) | 99 (57.3) | |
| Yes2 | 396 (48.2) | 425 (51.8) | |
| I believe that genetic research will benefit persons of all races and ethnicities. (n=990) | 0.360 | ||
| No1 | 28 (41.7) | 39 (58.3) | |
| Yes2 | 442 (47.9) | 481 (52.1) | |
| I believe that genetic research will benefit persons of all economic status. (n=900) | 0.118 | ||
| No1 | 45 (40.7) | 65 (59.3) | |
| Yes2 | 390 (49.4) | 351 (50.6) | |
| I believe that genetic findings will be used to discriminate again minority communities. (n=900) | 0.105 | ||
| No1 | 144 (52.9) | 129 (47.1) | |
| Yes2 | 291 (46.4) | 336 (53.6) | |
1
“No” represents the combined response categories “Not sure”, “Probably no”, and “Definitely no”
2
“Yes” represents the combined response categories “Probably yes” and “Definitely yes” Note: The total number of respondents might be different for the rows of this table. They are based on the number of respondents who answered both questions and not every respondent answered every question. The composite preference measure is only calculated for those respondents who answered all of the specific preference questions.