Table 3.

Percentage of hotel/resort guests performing sun protection practices by gender and age

	Sunscreen with SPF 15+	Pre-app of Sunscreen (15 min. > going outdoors)	Reapplication of Sunscreen	Percentage of Body Covered	Percent of Shade Coverage	Combined Sun Protection Practices (z-score)	Any Sun Protection: (shade, clothes or sunscreen)	Any Sun Protection: (shade or clothes)
Observation
Female	N/A	N/A	N/A	63.4%	25.7%	0.13	N/A	27.7%
Male	N/A	N/A	N/A	68.1%	26.8%	8.99	N/A	29.6%
p-value	N/A	N/A	N/A	<0.001	0.426	<0.001	N/A	0.283
18–34 years old	N/A	N/A	N/A	61.6%*	22.5%*	−4.57*	N/A	23.9%
35–60 years old	N/A	N/A	N/A	65.1%*	22.5%*	1.21*	N/A	25.9%
Over 60 years old	N/A	N/A	N/A	71.6%	32.8%	19.66	N/A	43.2%
p-value				<0.001	0.018	<0.001		<0.001

Survey
Female	69.8%	51.0%	63.7%	63.4%	36.8%	1.91	79.0%	30.2%
Male	44.1%	31.4%	66.2%	68.6%	37.7%	−3.23	64.2%	33.8%
p-value	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	<0.001	0.647	<0.001	<0.001	0.916
18–34 years old	56.8%	44.2%	76.0%	62.2%*	32.0%*	−4.23*	68.8%	26.7%
35–60 years old	63.4%	44.2%	64.6%	65.0%*	36.7%	−0.91*	74.5%	28.5%
Over 60 years old	53.3%	49.2%	51.7%	71.9%	42.6%	4.17	74.3%	44.8%
p-value	0.007	0.897	0.026	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	0.040	<0.001

Covariates controlled in the model:

¹Resort enrollment wave;

²Age;

³Gender;

⁴Resort use (low vs. high);

⁶Percent of water recreation at the resort;

⁶Annual sunshine hours at the resort;

⁷Summer resort or winter resort;

⁸Size of resort (number of summer employees);

⁹Proximity to summer solstice (June 20);

¹⁰Proximity to solar noon (1 pm in daylight savings time);

¹¹Elevation;

¹²Latitude;

¹³Cloud cover;

¹⁴Maximum temperature on the visit date (°F);

¹⁵UV Index.

Covariates controlled in the model:

¹Resort enrollment wave;

²Age;

³Gender;

⁴Education;

⁵Ethnicity and race;

⁶Skin phenotype;

⁷Disinhibition(agree you are a different person when you’re on vacation than when you’re at home);

⁸Resort use (low vs. high);

⁹Percent of water recreation at the resort;

¹⁰Annual sunshine hours at the resort;

¹¹Summer resort or winter resort;

¹²Resort size (number of summer employees);

¹³Proximity to summer solstice (June 20);

¹⁴Proximity to noon (1 pm in daylight savings time);

¹⁵Elevation;

¹⁶Latitude;

¹⁷Cloud cover;

¹⁸Maximum temperature on the visit date (°F);

¹⁹UV Index.

N/A=Could not be estimated because sunscreen use was not assessed in the observational measure.

^*Statistically significantly different (p<0.05, 2-tailed) from reference group, i.e., over 60 years old.