Table 1.
Baseline Demographics of Study Participants
| Characteristic | Participants |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Active Choice Intervention (n = 642) | Control (n = 637) | Total (N = 1,279) | |
| Age, median (IQR) | 29 (25–39) | 29 (25–37) | 29 (25–38) |
| Gender, n (%)a | |||
| Female | 446 (69.5%) | 472 (74.1%) | 918 (71.8%) |
| Male | 186 (29.0%) | 147 (23.1%) | 333 (26.0%) |
| Prefer not to answer or missing | 10 (1.6%) | 18 (2.8%) | 28 (2.2%) |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 333 (51.9%) | 345 (54.2%) | 678 (53.0%) |
| Black | 177 (27.6%) | 167 (26.2%) | 344 (26.9%) |
| Asian | 51 (7.9%) | 41 (6.4%) | 92 (7.2%) |
| Mixed or other | 55 (8.6%) | 50 (7.9%) | 105 (8.2%) |
| Prefer not to answer or missing | 26 (4.1%) | 34 (5.3%) | 60 (4.7%) |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||
| Full-time | 464 (72.3%) | 469 (73.6%) | 933 (73.0%) |
| Part-time | 178 (27.7%) | 168 (26.4%) | 346 (27.1%) |
| Highest level of education, n (%) | |||
| Graduate degree | 115 (17.9%) | 109 (17.1%) | 224 (17.5%) |
| College degree | 304 (47.4%) | 298 (46.8%) | 602 (47.1%) |
| Some college | 136 (21.2%) | 133 (20.9%) | 269 (21.0%) |
| High school or less | 57 (8.9%) | 51 (8.0%) | 108 (8.4%) |
| Missing | 30 (4.7%) | 46 (7.2%) | 76 (5.9%) |
| Clinical degree, n (%)b | |||
| No | 500 (77.9%) | 510 (80.1%) | 1010 (79.0%) |
| Yes | 142 (22.1%) | 127 (19.9%) | 269 (21.0%) |
IQR, interquartile range.
a
There were significantly more women assigned to the control group (P = 0.023); no other participant characteristic differed by group (all other P > 0.05).
b
Participants were considered to have clinical degrees if they had any of the following designations: MD, MSN, BSN, RN, LPN, DO, NP, PA, DPT, PharmD, DVM, CRNA, speech pathology, CNA, CMA, surgical tech, medical assistant, nurse assistant, or medical tech.