Table. Association Between Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Clinical Factors and Nonparticipation in a Diabetes Self-Management Class Among New Jersey Adults With Diabetes, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013–2015.

Characteristic	Never Participated in Diabetes Self-Management Class, % (95% Confidence Interval)	P Valueb
Age group, y (n = 4,358)a
18–24	— c	.32
25–34	56.0 (39.3–72.6)
35–44	49.5 (40.0–59.0)
45–54	55.6 (49.9–61.2)
55–64	57.1 (52.7–61.5)
≥65	60.8 (57.7–63.9)
Sex (n = 4,358)
Male	58.4 (55.1–61.7)	.76
Female	57.7 (54.7–60.7)
Race/ethnicity (n = 4,236)
White, non-Hispanic	54.7 (51.9–57.5)	<.001
Black, non-Hispanic	54.2 (48.4–60.0)
Multiracial, non-Hispanic	— c
Other, non-Hispanicd	72.9 (64.0–81.7)
Hispanic	65.2 (59.7–70.8)
Household income, $ (n = 4,358)
<15,000	57.9 (50.6–65.2)	.17
15,000 to <25,000	61.4 (56.4–66.5)
25,000 to <35,000	55.9 (48.7–63.1)
35,000 to <50,000	62.2 (55.3–69.2)
≥50,000	54.5 (50.6–58.3)
Not reported	60.2 (54.9–65.4)
Education (n = 4,303)
Less than a high school diploma	66.8 (60.7–72.9)	<.001
High school graduate	60.4 (56.6–64.2)
Some college/technical school	49.7 (45.3–54.2)
Graduated college/technical school	55.6 (51.3–59.9)
Health care coverage (n = 4,342)
Yes	57.4 (55.1–59.8)	.04
No	66.3 (58.3–74.3)
Years since diagnosis (n = 4,003)
0 to less than 2	70.3 (63.4–77.2)	<.001
2 to less than 5	62.1 (56.3–67.9)
5 to less than 10	59.4 (54.5–64.4)
10 or more	52.7 (49.4–56.0)
Provider visit for diabetes in past year (n = 4,149)
Yes	56.7 (54.3–59.2)	.002
No	68.0 (61.6–74.5)
All adults (n = 4,358)	58.0 (55.8–60.3)	NA

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

^a Sample sizes vary because of missing values.

^b Rao-Scott χ² test was used to assess the association between each factor and class nonparticipation.

^c Estimate unreliable because of small sample size.

^d Includes American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and other race/ethnicity.