Table 1.
Survey Participant Characteristics and Unadjusted Comparisons by Responses to Key Survey Questions
| Characteristics | % (N) | Experienced social need(s) in last year (N = 1097 responses) | P value | Agreed social needs impact health (N = 1002 responses) | P value | Agreed health system should ask about one or more social needs (N = 1062 responses) | P value | Agreed health system should help with one or more social needs (N = 1074 responses) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall sample | 100.0% (1161) | 17.0% (187) | 69.0% (694) | 85.0% (900) | 88.0% (949) | ||||
| Social needs status (N = 1097 responses) | |||||||||
| No social needs in last year | 83.0% (910) | 63.0% (517) | < 0.001 | 68.5% (593) | < 0.001 | 65.0% (568) | < 0.001 | ||
| At least one social need in last year | 17.0% (187) | 91.0% (143) | 87.0% (140) | 84.0% (135) | |||||
| Gender (N = 1012 responses) | |||||||||
| Male | 33.0% (338) | 17.1% (56) | 0.971 | 69.9% (202) | 0.866 | 80.3% (252) | 0.032 | 84.2% (266) | 0.016 |
| Female | 66.0% (674) | 17.5% (111) | 68.5% (402) | 86.7% (534) | 90.5% (564) | ||||
| Age (N = 1010 responses) | |||||||||
| 18–30 | 16.0% (164) | 19.1% (31) | 0.242 | 63.5% (94) | 0.543 | 86.9% (139) | 0.307 | 92.6% (150) | 0.307 |
| 31–40 | 15.0% (156) | 13.3% (20) | 71.2% (99) | 84.5% (125) | 88.8% (135) | ||||
| 41–50 | 17.0% (177) | 15.8% (26) | 71.5% (108) | 87.0% (141) | 89.8% (149) | ||||
| 51–60 | 14.0% (146) | 17.1% (24) | 72.0% (85) | 82.7% (110) | 89.4% (118) | ||||
| 61–70 | 20.0% (202) | 22.0% (42) | 70.0% (126) | 86.1% (155) | 86.3% (157) | ||||
| 70 and above | 16.0% (165) | 13.6% (21) | 65.9% (91) | 78.6% (114) | 84.7% (122) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity (N = 974 responses) | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 50.0% (495) | 17.0% (81) | 0.023 | 60.0% (247) | < 0.001 | 69.0% (302) | 0.011 | 73.0% (323) | 0.003 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 30.0% (293) | 13.0% (37) | 77.0% (207) | 72.0% (202) | 64.0% (178) | ||||
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 9.0% (90) | 8.0% (7) | 64.0% (50) | 69.0% (59) | 58.0% (50) | ||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 6.0% (60) | 16.0% (9) | 69.0% (35) | 76.0% (44) | 73.0% (43) | ||||
| Mixed race and other | 3.0% (36) | 27.0% (12) | 75.0% (30) | 93.0% (39) | 84.0% (37) | ||||
| Education level (N = 985 responses) | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 13.0% (127) | 27.0% (31) | 0.001 | 60.8% (59) | 0.001 | 85.0% (85) | < 0.001 | 87.3% (89) | 0.201 |
| High school grad or GED | 20.0% (193) | 21.7% (39) | 65.4% (102) | 74.1% (129) | 86.2% (156) | ||||
| Some college or vocational school | 36.0% (350) | 13.8% (47) | 66.0% (208) | 85.4% (281) | 87.8% (288) | ||||
| Completed college or higher | 32.0% (315) | 13.9% (42) | 78.4% (225) | 89.7% (271) | 91.8% (281) | ||||
P values are for chi-square tests of difference in proportions across categories of patient characteristics displayed in the adjacent column and section. Results are displayed as counts (percentages) throughout table