TABLE 1—

Proportions of Women’s Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward the Affordable Care Act, Among All Women and by Sociodemographic Groups: The Women’s Health Care Experiences and Preferences Study, United States, September 2013

		Ever Heard of ACA (n = 1078)				Expect Changes in Coverage as a Result of ACA (n = 955)				Expect Increase in Service Use as a Result of ACA Changes (n = 249)				ACA Will Improve Ability to Get Preferred Care (n = 955)				Agree With the ACA Overall (n = 955)
Sociodemographic Characteristics	%	Yes, No.	No, No.	Don't Know, No.	P	Yes, No.	No, No.	Don't Know, No.	P	Yes, No.	No, No.	Don't Know, No.	P	Yes, No.	No, No.	Don't Know, No.	P	Yes, No.	No, No.	Don't Know, No.	P
All women		80	12	8		24	8	68		31	52	17		14	44	42		24	32	44
Age group, y					< .001				.73				.13				.14				.84
18–24	15	70	23	7		23	11	66		56	37	7		22	37	41		28	26	45
25–34	28	75	12	13		25	8	67		38	47	15		16	41	43		23	29	48
35–44	27	83	11	6		28	5	67		22	58	20		11	49	40		24	34	42
45–55	30	86	7	8		22	8	70		23	58	19		10	46	44		23	34	43
Educational attainment					< .001				.03				.19				.001				< .001
< high school	9	54	31	15		17	6	77		64	27	10		19	23	58		21	20	59
High school	27	67	17	16		17	6	77		20	50	30		10	37	54		19	26	55
Some college	32	85	8	6		23	8	69		32	57	11		16	48	36		20	35	45
≥ bachelor’s	32	92	5	3		32	10	58		32	52	16		12	51	36		32	35	34
Race/ethnicity					< .001				.74				.02				.01				< .001
Non-Hispanic White	60	85	8	6		26	7	67		26	61	13		10	50	40		21	40	39
Non-Hispanic Black	14	66	20	14		23	10	67		40	51	9		19	31	50		41	5	55
Non-Hispanic Other	9	72	21	7		18	13	70		50	19	31		20	38	42		22	26	52
Hispanic	17	73	13	14		21	8	71		38	26	36		19	35	46		23	23	54
Income, $					< .001				.03				.19				.002				.04
< 25 000	18	61	23	16		16	8	77		59	30	11		18	32	49		19	23	58
25 000–49 999	22	76	14	10		22	3	75		33	46	21		18	33	49		25	27	48
50 000–74 999	19	85	9	6		29	8	63		30	60	10		13	53	34		23	34	48
≥ 75 000	41	87	7	6		27	10	63		25	55	20		10	50	40		25	36	39
Marital status					< .001				.37				.14				.21				< .001
Married	53	85	8	7		28	7	65		24	57	19		11	49	39		19	39	42
Previously married	9	85	9	6		26	10	65		40	47	13		15	39	45		27	30	44
Never married	27	67	22	11		19	8	73		50	44	6		17	37	46		32	21	47
Cohabitating	11	78	10	12		17	9	75		31	37	32		14	39	48		28	19	53
Residence					.08				.14				.47				.12				.11
Metropolitan	86	81	12	8		26	8	67		31	56	18		15	44	42		25	30	45
Nonmetropolitan	14	74	12	14		16	9	75		37	52	8		7	47	46		17	39	44
Employment status					< .001				.18				.12				.008				.03
Employed	61	85	7	8		27	8	66		33	55	12		13	49	38		24	35	41
Not employed	39	71	19	11		20	8	72		28	45	28		14	36	50		35	26	51
Religious affiliation					.04				.17				.03				.17				< .001
Yes	79	81	12	7		26	7	67		27	55	18		14	46	40		22	36	42
No	21	75	11	14		19	11	71		52	38	11		11	39	50		30	17	53
Religious service attendance					.39				.65				.52				.19				< .001
≥ weekly	28	78	12	10		26	7	68		34	50	16		12	50	38		16	44	39
< weekly	48	81	13	7		26	9	66		25	55	19		15	45	41		27	30	43
Never	24	78	10	12		21	7	72		41	48	12		13	38	50		27	20	53
Political party					< .001				.003				.14				< .001				< .001
Democrat	35	82	11	8		26	11	63		41	48	12		22	37	41		47	9	44
Republican	23	90	6	4		26	5	69		14	65	22		4	60	36		3	70	27
Independent/other	12	89	9	3		37	8	55		27	52	21		9	51	41		21	41	39
None	30	69	18	13		16	7	77		41	43	16		12	37	51		15	22	63
Type of insurance					< .001				.001				.008				< .001				< .001
Private	59	88	6	6		28	9	63		24	56	20		10	52	38		25	37	38
Medicaid/care	12	66	24	11		16	9	75		39	58	3		15	40	45		21	16	62
Other	8	82	8	10		26	14	60		56	40	5		19	26	54		22	21	58
None	17	72	20	8		13	< 1	87		66	20	15		25	27	48		26	28	47
Don’t know	4	25	27	48		18	< 1	82		< 1	< 1	< 1		5	33	62		12	17	72
Women’s health service use past 5 y					< .001				.29				.006				.59				.23
> once per year	44	83	10	8		27	10	64		40	48	11		15	45	40		28	31	41
About once per year	32	85	9	6		25	7	69		12	64	24		13	45	42		24	30	47
< once per year	14	79	12	10		20	5	75		45	35	20		14	42	44		16	39	45
Never	10	50	29	21		12	7	81		51	46	3		5	42	54		16	28	56
Childbirth (ever)a					.43				.35				.35				.05				< .001
Yes	56	82	10	8		26	7	68		27	55	18		12	49	40		18	37	45
No	44	79	13	7		22	9	68		39	47	15		16	39	44		31	26	42
Prescription contraception (ever)a					< .001				.12				.29				.15				.03
Yes	70	87	7	6		26	8	66		34	53	13		14	47	40		22	35	43
No	30	69	20	10		18	8	74		24	51	24		13	38	48		30	25	45

Note. ACA = Affordable Care Act. Results are presented as weighted proportions (%). P values are from unadjusted χ² analysis comparing ACA knowledge and attitudes across sociodemographic and reproductive history characteristics. P values considered significant at < .05, < .01, and < .001.

^aReproductive history characteristics among women who reported sexual intercourse experience (n = 938).