Table 2.
Bivariate Analyses of the Correlates of Nonsalon Indoor Tanning Among Young Adult Women Who Use Indoor Tanning
| Characteristic | Mean Weighted (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Used Indoor Tanninga | Currently Use Indoor Tanningb | |||||
| Salon-only | Nonsalon | P Value | Salon-only | Nonsalon | P Valuec | |
| Lifetime indoor tanning sessions, No. | 35.0 (26.9–43.1) | 75.7 (41.6–109.8) | .02 | 76.4 (38.9–113.9) | 82.8 (45.5–120.2) | .81 |
| Past 12-mo indoor tanning sessions, No. | 7.0 (4.0–9.9) | 11.3 (4.1–18.5) | .81 | 15.2 (10.6–19.8) | 25.6 (3.0–47.6) | .38 |
| Nonmetropolitan area, % | 15.1 (9.9–22.6) | 25.4 (17.0–36.2) | .07 | 21.7 (13.3–33.4) | 36.2 (18.3–58.9) | .20 |
| Ever experienced depression, % | 13.7 (8.3–21.9) | 17.3 (10.9–26.4) | .49 | 11.6 (5.1–24.2) | 31.6 (15.3–54.1) | .047 |
| Ever experienced anxiety, % | 16.8 (10.2–26.5) | 17.0 (10.9–25.5) | .97 | 18.1 (9.2–32.4) | 18.2 (6.5–41.5) | .99 |
| Mean difficulty to stop tanningd | 3.3 (2.5–4.2) | 5.28 (4.1–6.5) | .01 | |||
| % Event tanning pattern, %d | 69.0 (56.3–79.4) | 36.4 (19.5–57.5) | .007 | |||
| % Mood tanning pattern, %d | 15.4 (7.8–28.1) | 37.6 (18.1–62.1) | .06 | |||
| % Year-round tanning pattern, %d | 7.5 (3.3–16.1) | 35.4 (17.8–58.1) | <.001 | |||
a
Among participants who reported ever using indoor tanning (estimate of weighted n = 217.5; 26.7% of the weighted sample).
b
Among participants who reported any indoor tanning in the past 12 months (estimate of weighted n = 107.9; 13.2% of the weighted sample).
c
P values represent results of overall significance tests based on the adjusted F statistic provided by SPSS with analyses of weighted data.
d
Variables assessed only for participants who reported at least 1 indoor tanning session in the past 12 months.