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. 2017 Jul 20;27(3):209–216. doi: 10.18865/ed.27.3.209

Table 1. Sample characteristics of participants by trust and satisfaction with provider, JHS.

Variables Trust your provider Satisfied with provider
Yes, n=4,536 No, n=172 Pa Yes, n=4,855 No, n=300 Pa
Age, y, mean ± SD 55.9 ± 12.5 53.2 ± 12.9 .01 55.4 ± 12.7 49.8 ± 13.3 .000
Male, % 34.4 44.2 .01 35.6 47.0 .000
Education, % .16 .01
<High school graduate 21.1 24.0 20.9 22.0
High school - college 1-3 yrs 38.9 43.3 39.4 46.4
College ≥ 4 yrs 40.0 32.8 39.8 31.5
Income, % .29 .01
<25K 37.9 43.5 38.1 46.7
25K-49,999 27.3 27.6 27.5 27.1
≥50K 34.8 29.0 34.4 26.2
Health Insurance, % .05 .000
Insured 88.2 83.1 87.4 76.5
Uninsured 11.8 16.9 12.6 23.5
Health status, % .000 .001
Poor 31.7 44.4 30.8 39.9
Good 68.3 55.6 69.2 60.1
Everyday discrimination, % .000 .002
Low 36.4 26.4 36.0 29.5
Medium 34.1 29.3 34.0 30.9
High 29.5 44.3 30.0 39.6
Everyday discrimination, mean ± SD 2.0 ± .99 2.5 ± 1.3 .000 2.1 ± 1.0 2.3 ± 1.2 .001
Lifetime discrimination (%) .000 .000
Low 45.9 31.3 46.1 36.1
Medium 31.1 29.5 31.0 28.2
High 23.0 39.2 22.9 35.7
Lifetime discrimination, mean ± SD 2.9 ± 2.1 3.9 ± 2.3 .000 2.9 ± 2.1 3.5 ± 2.3 .000
Burden of lifetime discrimination, % .91 .55
Low 34.4 35.0 34.3 36.9
Medium 33.6 31.9 33.3 33.6
High 32.1 33.1 32.4 29.5
Burden of lifetime discrimination, mean ± SD 2.3 ± .8 2.3 ± .8 .77 2.3 ± .8 2.2 ± .7 .20
Stress from lifetime discrimination, % .07 .02
Not stressful 25.0 25.2 25.5 23.4
Moderately stressful 52.7 45.3 52.4 47.3
Very stressful 22.3 29.6 22.1 29.3
Unfairly treated getting medical care, %
Yes 13.0 35.1 .000 12.8 28.4 .000
No 87.0 64.9 87.3 71.6

JHS, Jackson Heart Study.

a. P represents a test of difference using chi-square or analysis of variance (ANOVA) for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.