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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 May-Jun;27(3):356–366. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.130264

Table 2.

Respondent Characteristics, by Primary Care Setting

Patient Characteristics Overall FQHCs PBRNs VA p-value
N 463 284 122 57
Female (%) 61.2 70.2 65.3 3.8 ***
Age ***
<30 (%) 5.0 5.4 4.3 3.9
30-39 (%) 7.66 7.6 10.3 1.9
40-49 (%) 15.8 17.4 15.5 7.7
50-59 (%) 32.2 37.7 24.1 21.2
60-69 (%) 28.4 26.5 29.3 36.5
70-79(%) 7.4 5.1 11.2 11.5
80+ (%) 3.6 0.4 5.2 17.3
Education ***
    Less than high school (%) 34.6 50.4 11.2 3.9
    High school graduate or GED (%) 25.3 21.7 33.6 25.5
    Some college (%) 14.8 11.0 19.0 25.5
    Associates degree / technical training (%) 10.7 8.1 12.1 21.6
    4 year college degree + (%) 14.6 8.8 24.1 23.5
Race/Ethnicity ***
    Non-Hispanic White (%) 29.0 6.7 69.6 82.9
    Black/African American (%) 7.8 1.9 23.9 9.8
    Mexican-American (%) 24.8 36.3 2.2 0.0
    Other Hispanic (%) 13.8 19.5 2.2 2.4
    Chinese (%) 14.3 21.4 0.0 0.0
    Filipino (%) 6.8 10.1 0.0 0.0
    Other (%) 3.8 4.1 2.2 4.9
US Born (%) 45.3 14.2 94.6 95.7 ***
Survey Language ***
    English (%) 56.4 28.9 100.0 100.0
    Spanish (%) 31.1 50.7 0.0 0.0
    Chinese (%) 12.5 20.4 0.0 0.0
English Literacy ***
    Very well/well (%) 56.8 31.8 99.1 100.0
    Not well (%) 20.9 33.2 0.0 0.0
    Not at all (%) 22.3 35.0 0.9 0.0
Interpreter Needs ***
    No (%) 64.7 44.8 97.4 100.0
    Yes (%) 22.0 34.3 1.8 0.0
    Sometimes (%) 13.4 20.9 0.9 0.0
Employment **
    Full-time (%) 21.1 14.4 37.7 19.2
    Part-time (%) 12.8 18.1 3.5 5.8
    Unemployed (%) 16.7 21.0 9.7 9.6
    Homemaker (%) 15.3 23.3 3.5 0.0
    Disabled (%) 10.1 5.5 18.4 15.4
    Other (%) 24.0 17.7 27.2 50.0
Marital Status N/S
    Married (%) 48.5 50.0 49.6 38.5
    Single, never married (%) 17.3 16.9 18.3 17.3
    Divorced (%) 12.4 10.4 10.4 26.9
    Other (%) 21.8 22.7 21.7 17.3

* p <.05

**

p <.01

***

p <.001

N/S= no statistically significant differences between primary care practice type.