Table 2.
Oklahomans’ trust in health information from interpersonal sources by demographic and tobacco use variables (survey conducted in spring 2015; N=1001).
| Demographics | n (weighted %) | Interpersonal sources, n (weighted %) | |||||||
| Trust in health insurers | Trust in friends & family | Trust in health care provider | |||||||
| Overall | 1001 (100.00) | 485 (48.3) | 550 (54.6) | 808 (80.9) | |||||
| Gendera | |||||||||
| Male | 457 (49.94) | 195 (40.6) | 238 (51.0) | 350 (77.0) | |||||
| Female | 540 (50.06) | 288 (56.0) | 310 (58.1) | 454 (84.6) | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| White | 725 (78.55) | 347 (48.1) | 385 (52.5) | 590 (80.9) | |||||
| Native American | 97 (9.48) | 47 (48.9) | 51 (58.5) | 76 (81.9) | |||||
| African American | 79 (7.77) | 45 (51.8) | 51 (65.1) | 57 (76.2) | |||||
| Hispanic | 65 (1.66) | 30 (48.6) | 38 (59.1) | 57 (86.6) | |||||
| Other | 25 (2.54) | 12 (44.7) | 18 (64.1) | 23 (93.2) | |||||
| Educationb | |||||||||
| High school/GEDc | 307 (44.26) | 141 (45.0) | 185 (59.7) | 231 (76.7) | |||||
| Some college | 312 (26.51) | 149 (51.0) | 169 (52.4) | 250 (82.3) | |||||
| College degree | 369 (29.23) | 191 (51.3) | 189 (48.5) | 319 (86.3) | |||||
| Annual income (US$) | |||||||||
| <30,000 | 199 (16.91) | 98 (46.5) | 126 (64.7) | 140 (70.4) | |||||
| 30,000<60,000 | 249 (31.52) | 121 (50.2) | 138 (54.9) | 202 (81.1) | |||||
| >60,000 | 443 (51.56) | 221 (48.2) | 225 (51.5) | 379 (84.1) | |||||
| Children in household | |||||||||
| Yes | 420 (46.78) | 202 (46.4) | 229 (52.6) | 350 (80.6) | |||||
| No | 571 (53.22) | 279 (50.1) | 315 (56.2) | 452 (81.3) | |||||
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| Smoker | 181 (22.36) | 66 (40.0) | 94 (53.6) | 126 (70.7) | |||||
| Nonsmoker | 820 (77.64) | 419 (50.7) | 456 (54.8) | 682 (83.8) | |||||
| E-cigarette status | |||||||||
| E-cigarette user | 79 (8.68) | 33 (43.3) | 38 (53.0) | 59 (72.8) | |||||
| Nonuser | 881 (91.32) | 451 (48.8) | 510 (54.7) | 747 (81.7) | |||||
| Smokeless status | |||||||||
| Smokeless user | 66 (8.97) | 29 (40.9) | 34 (42.9) | 50 (78.0) | |||||
| Nonuser | 934 (91.03) | 456 (49.1) | 515 (55.6) | 757 (81.1) | |||||
aMultivariable logistic regression showed differences in gender for health insurer (P=.001).
bMultivariable logistic regression showed differences in education for friends and family (P=.04).
cGED: General Education Diploma.