Appendix Table 2.

Comparison of Characteristics of Nearest Pharmacy, by Race and Receipt of Public Assistance, Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) study, Michigan, 2008–2009 (n=961 women, except where noted)

	Race × Poverty Interactions						Comparisons across Race × Poverty Intersections
	White			African American			Poverty Differentials among:					Race Differentials among:
	Non-poor (n=514)	Poor (n=114)		Non-poor (n=191)	Poor (n=142)		White		AfricanAmerican			Non-poor		Poor
	(1)	(2)		(3)	(4)		(5)		(6)			(7)		(8)
							Difference between columns:
							(2) – (1)		(4) – (3)			(3) – (1)		(4) – (2)
Access
Distance to nearest pharmacy (in miles)	2.2	1.3		1.2	1.2		−.9	***	.0			−1.0	***	−.1
Hours open per weekb	78.3	75.6		64.7	64.6		−2.7		−.1			−13.6	***	−11	***
Pharmacy type
% chain	54	61		29	30		7		1			−25	***	−31	***
% grocery/mass retail	30	20		10	13		−10	*a	3			−20	***	−7
% independent	16	19		60	57		3		−3			44	***	38	***
Pharmacy Characteristics
Ease of Access to Information
% with any African-American pharmacists	2	7		9	5		5	***	−4			−7	***	−2
% with any female pharmacists	51	46		20	13		−5		−7			−31	***	−33	***
% with patient education brochures about contraceptionc	5	1		3	0		−4	*a	−3	*		−2		−1
Ease of Condom Purchase
% with condoms on the shelf with other OTC products	86	82		47	51		−4		4			−39	***	−31	***
% with self-check-outd	9	8		3	4		−1		1			−6	**a	−4

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001 (two-tailed independent samples t-tests with 959 degrees of freedom).

^aTest is no longer statistically significant when a Bonferroni correction is applied (“experiment-wide” α = .05, α’ = .0019).

^bOne pharmacy was missing data on this variable, which was the nearest pharmacy for 4 women. N = 957 for this t-test.

^cOne pharmacy was missing data on this variable, which was the nearest pharmacy for 11 women. N = 950 for this t-test.

^dOne pharmacy was missing data on this variable, which was the nearest pharmacy for 17 women. N = 944 for this t-test.