Table 2.

Characteristics of participants (n=1,214) by distance and price

	All (%)	Dist. ≤ Med. (%)	Dist. > Med. (%)	SPI ≤ Med. (%)	SPI > Med. (%)
Age, years
18–34	16.3	13.8	18.8	23.6**	14.0**
35–54	31.6	32.3	30.8	38.7**	29.3**
55–74	37.2	38.6	35.9	28.1**	40.1**
>= 75	14.9	15.3	14.5	9.6**	16.6**
Gender
Male	26.7	29.5*	23.9*	23.0	27.9
Female	73.3	70.5*	76.1*	77.1	72.1
Race-ethnicity
Black	90.0	89.3	90.6	91.4	89.5
Mixed-black	3.5	3.8	3.1	5.5	2.8
Other	5.9	6.3	5.6	2.4	7.0
Missing	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Education
Less than high school	15.4	16.3	14.5	13.0	16.2
High school	37.2	37.6	36.7	36.3	37.4
Some college	32.4	31.3	33.4	36.6	31.0
College	15.1	14.8	15.3	14.0	15.4
Per capita household income
<5,000	15.0	16.4	13.3	17.5	14.2
5,000–9,999	35.9	34.3	37.6	39.7	34.7
10,000–19,999	30.2	31.5	29.0	26.4	31.5
>= 20,000	18.9	17.6	20.1	16.4	19.6
Marital status
Married or w/ partner	17.7	16.6	18.8	23.0**	16.1**
Never married	42.0	40.5	43.5	47.3**	40.4**
Widow/ separated/ single	40.3	42.9	37.7	29.7**	43.5**
Household with kids	24.9	22.2*	27.5*	37.3**	20.9**
Own or have access to a car	55.7	50.8**	60.5**	69.4**	51.3**

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance

Sample sizes reflect the total number of people who responded to the relevant survey questions

SPI, Standardized price index

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01