TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of survey respondents by state policy type (N = 995)

		Notification policy states			Certification policy states
	Total (N = 995)	Yes (n = 542)	No (n = 454)	χ2	Yes (n = 410)	No (n = 586)	χ2a
	%b	%	%	P	%	%	P
Sex
Female	47	48	46	.56	47	47	.98
Male	52	51	53		52	52
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	83	84	81	.26	83	83	.01
Black, non-Hispanic	2	2	2		4	1
Asian, non-Hispanic	2	3	1		2	2
Otherc, non-Hispanic	1	1	< 1		1	< 1
Multiple	2	1	2		2	1
Hispanic/Latino	2	2	2	.17	2	2	.65
Education
≤High School	5	5	17	.46	7	3	.008
Some College	15	17	5		18	14
College	64	63	14		60	66
Age (years)
<25	2	1	2	<.001	2	2	.22
25–44	53	59	45		56	50
45–64	29	26	32		25	31
65+	13	10	16		13	12
Median ± SE	40 ± 0.45
State
Illinois	25	46	0		61	0
Minnesota	29	54	0		0	50
North Carolina	29	0	65		0	50
Ohio	16	0	36		39	0

^aFor cell counts with less than five expected responses, Fisher’s exact test was calculated. Statistical significance was regarded as a two-sided P-value <.05.

^bNot all percentages total to 100% due to rounding to whole numbers.

^cAmerican Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander.