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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2019 Mar 4;35(2):155–166. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12350

Table 3.

Sunscreen Use and Sunburn History

Question Overall Rural Urban P Valuea
N N % weighted N % weighted
What is the SPF number of the sunscreen you use MOST often?
 SPF 1–14 220 61 10.4 159 17.2 < .001
 SPF 15–49 708 283 52.2 425 50.0
 SPF 50+ 509 222 37.4 287 32.8
sum 1437 566 100 871 100

During the past 12 months, how many times have you had a sunburn?
 Burns, 0 27 9 3.8 18 6.6 < .001
 Burns, 1 158 71 37.8 87 37.2
 Burns, 2 117 59 27.4 58 26.0
 Burns, 3 59 25 10.9 34 16.1
 Burns, 4+ 67 39 20.0 28 14.1
sum 428 203 100 225 100

About how many blistering sunburns have you gotten in your life?
 Blistering burns, 0 76 23 3.3 53 9.9 < .001
 Blistering burns, 1 165 55 10.6 110 23.7
 Blistering burns, 2 183 95 19.1 88 21.4
 Blistering burns, 3+ 468 299 67 169 45
sum 892 472 100 420 100

How old were you the first time you got a blistering sunburn?
 <5 years old 59 30 5.7 29 6.6 < .001
 5–15 years old, 454 284 61.2 170 43.2
 15–24 years old, 286 130 27.4 156 37.1
 ≥ 25 years old 85 25 5.7 60 13.1
sum 884 469 100 415 100
a

Weighted Pearson’s χ2 test-based P value