Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of health information brokersa
| Characteristic |
|
Total | Health information broker | Not health information broker | P valuec |
|
|
|
N (%)b | N (%)b | N (%)b |
|
| Overall |
|
3142 (100) | 1774 (54.8) | 1368 (45.2) |
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
.013 |
|
|
18-34 | 422 (27.22) | 239 (25.97) | 183 (28.74) |
|
|
|
35-49 | 701 (30.39) | 428 (32.65) | 273 (27.65) |
|
|
|
50-64 | 1060 (25.13) | 628 (26.49) | 432 (23.49) |
|
|
|
65-74 | 504 (9.36) | 275 (8.80) | 229 (10.04) |
|
|
|
75+ | 355 (7.89) | 150 (6.09) | 205 (10.08) |
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
<.001 |
|
|
Female | 1882 (51.77) | 1179 (58.37) | 703 (43.78) |
|
|
|
Male | 1179 (48.23) | 549 (41.63) | 630 (56.22) |
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
<.001 |
|
|
Less than/High school | 977 (33.96) | 471 (26.37) | 506 (43.18) |
|
|
|
Some college | 924 (32.79) | 531 (36.63) | 393 (28.12) |
|
|
|
College | 1155 (33.25) | 728 (37.00) | 427 (28.70) |
|
| Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
.990 |
|
|
White, non-Hispanic | 1576 (67.27) | 859 (67.37) | 717 (67.15) |
|
|
|
Black, non-Hispanic | 416 (10.44) | 258 (10.35) | 158 (10.55) |
|
|
|
Hispanic | 491 (15.02) | 291 (14.81) | 200 (15.28) |
|
|
|
Other, non-Hispanic | 208 (7.27) | 125 (7.48) | 83 (7.02) |
|
| Household income |
|
|
|
|
.019 |
|
|
Less than $20,000 | 744 (20.75) | 402 (20.34) | 342 (21.26) |
|
|
|
$20,000 to < $35,000 | 437 (13.99) | 226 (11.20) | 211 (17.42) |
|
|
|
$35,000 to < $50,000 | 430 (14.52) | 238 (13.82) | 192 (15.37) |
|
|
|
$50,000 to < $75,000 | 495 (17.87) | 285 (18.64) | 210 (16.92) |
|
|
|
$75,000 or more | 880 (32.88) | 538 (36.00) | 342 (29.03) |
|
| Currently employed |
|
|
|
|
.733 |
|
|
Employed | 1600 (61.61) | 936 (62.05) | 664 (61.08) |
|
|
|
Not employed | 1468 (38.39) | 800 (37.95) | 668 (38.92) |
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
.036 |
|
|
Divorced/Separated | 603 (11.02) | 340 (11.33) | 263 (10.63) |
|
|
|
Married, living as married | 1572 (58.68) | 936 (61.61) | 636 (55.10) |
|
|
|
Never married | 529 (24.52) | 288 (22.40) | 241 (27.11) |
|
|
|
Widowed | 343 (5.78) | 161 (4.66) | 182 (7.16) |
|
| Born in the United States |
|
|
|
|
.624 |
|
|
Yes | 2582 (83.95) | 1444 (83.44) | 1138 (84.57) |
|
|
|
No | 508 (16.05) | 303 (16.56) | 205 (15.43) |
|
| Speaks English |
|
|
|
|
.067 |
|
|
Very well | 2578 (87.41) | 1486 (89.42) | 1092 (84.97) |
|
|
|
Well | 269 (7.65) | 129 (6.18) | 140 (9.44) |
|
|
|
Not at all, not well | 160 (4.94) | 94 (4.40) | 66 (5.59) |
|
aHealth information brokers: respondents to the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2013-2014) who answer yes to the question: “Do family members and friends ask you for information or advice on health topics?
bPercentages are weighted according to the US population estimates in the American Community Survey to provide representative estimates of the adult US population.
cRao–Scott chi-square test, missing excluded