Table 2.
Users’ profile including demographic variables, type of property, frequent outdoor activities (occupational, recreational, and peridomestic), and previous experience with ticks and Lyme disease, as reported in the enrollment survey.
| Variables | Users, n (%) | Pa value | Chi-square (df) | |
| Gender (n=1463) | .85 | 0.0 (1) | ||
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Male | 720 (40.05) |
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Female | 726 (49.46) |
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Others/prefer not to say | 22 (1.50) |
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| Age (years; n=1457)b | .001c | 126.0 (5) | ||
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18-24 | 94 (6.43) |
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25-34 | 265 (18.13) |
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35-44 | 321 (22.96) |
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45-54 | 274 (18.74) |
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55-64 | 319 (21.82) |
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≥65 | 189 (12.93) |
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| Pet owner (n=1454) | <.001c | 146.8 (1) | ||
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Yes | 962 (65.94) |
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No | 497 (34.06) |
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| Type of house (n=1455) | <.001c | 0.0 (4) | ||
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House with yard | 1109 (75.96) |
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Apartment | 238 (16.30) |
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Cabin/cottage | 65 (4.45) |
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Mobile home | 22 (1.51) |
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Other | 26 (1.78) |
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| Work or volunteer outdoors (n=1454) | <.001c | 18.9 (1) | ||
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Yes | 646 (44.28) |
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No | 813 (55.72) |
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| Frequent outdoor recreation (n=1449) | <.001c | 368.8 (1) | ||
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Yes | 1094 (75.24) |
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No | 360 (24.76) |
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| Frequent peridomestic activities (n=1452) | <.001c | 122.7 (1) | ||
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Yes | 941 (64.58) |
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No | 516 (35.42) |
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| Tick exposure in the previous fall (n=1458) | <.001c | 201.5 (1) | ||
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Yes | 459 (31.37) |
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No | 1004 (68.63) |
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| Previous tick-borne disease diagnosis (n=1459) | <.001c | 849.0 (1) | ||
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Yes | 173 (11.82) |
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No | 1291 (88.18) |
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| Tick finding in their pet during the previous fall (N=958) | .004d | 8.1 (1) | ||
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Yes | 525 (54.57) |
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No | 437 (45.43) |
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aP values of the chi-square test of H0=equal distribution among users are presented.
bFor age, we tested H0=equal distribution compared to the total US population (2016 population estimates).
cP<.001.
d.001≤P≤.05.