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. 2019 Mar 12;8(3):e11148. doi: 10.2196/11148

Table 3.

Demographics of the sample and responders by recruitment method.

Demographics Email USPS Portal Total P value
Sample





Total, N 34,934 14,336 4999 54,269

Responded, n (%) 2037 (5.8) 374 (2.6) 728 (14.6) 3139 (5.8)
Gender (male)



<.05

Total, n 15,947 7397 1825 25,169

Responded, n (%) 905 (5.7) 189 (2.6) 255 (14.0) 1349 (5.4)
Race



<.05

White






Total, n 25,708 10,208 4518 40,434


Responded, n (%) 1766 (6.9) 307 (3.0) 680 (15.1) 2753 (6.8)

African American






Total, n 3344 985 108 4437


Responded, n (%) 57 (1.7) 4 (0.4) 11 (10.2) 72 (1.6)

Native American






Total, n 160 69 21 250


Responded, n (%) 6 (3.8) 1 (1.4) 4 (19.0) 11 (4.4)

Asian






Total, n 860 442 94 1396


Responded, n (%) 38 (4.4) 7 (1.6) 17 (18.1) 62 (4.4)

Other






Total, n 2596 1951 5 4552


Responded, n (%) 97 (3.7) 41 (2.1) 1 (20.0) 139 (3.1)

Unknown






Total, n 1014 623 93 1730


Responded, n (%) 17 (1.7) 13 (2.1) 15 (16.1) 45 (2.6)
Ethnicity (Hispanic)



<.05

Total, n 3057 2139 94 5290

Responded, n (%) 68 (2.2) 34 (1.6) 16 (17.0) 118 (2.2)
Insurance status





Self-Pay



<.05


Total, n 5035 3190 2985 11,210


Responded, n (%) 343 (6.8) 99 (3.1) 433 (14.5) 875 (7.8)

Medicare






Total, n 573 3 442 1018


Responded, n (%) 16 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 71 (16.1) 87 (8.5)

Medicaid






Total, n 6672 2257 102 9031


Responded, n (%) 232 (3.5) 35 (1.6) 17 (16.7) 284 (3.1)

Private insurance






Total, n 16,393 7847 966 25,206


Responded, n (%) 1147 (7.0) 215 (2.7) 149 (15.4) 1511 (6.0)

Other






Total, n 1017 368 0 1385


Responded, n (%) 30 (2.9) 8 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 38 (2.7)

Unknown






Total, n 4073 613 344 5030


Responded, n (%) 215 (5.3) 16 (2.6) 58 (16.9) 289 (5.7)
BMI category





Overweight



<.05


Total, n 9159 4599 1349 15,107


Responded, n (%) 510 (5.6) 115 (2.5) 207 (15.3) 832 (5.5)

Obese






Total, n 10,372 3713 1893 15,978


Responded, n (%) 569 (5.5) 71 (1.9) 289 (15.3) 929 (5.8)