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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2020 Feb 15;15(5):425–442. doi: 10.1177/1556264620903595

Table 4.

Percentage Who Expressed Interest in and Number who Viewed Hypothetical Vignette Studies by Data Sharing Type (N = 1,575).

Data Sharing Type Described in Vignette
None Controlled Public Restricted Zip Code
% IIP
(N viewed)
% IIP
(N viewed)
% IIP
(N viewed)
% IIP
(N viewed)
Overall 81 (503) 86 (500) 82 (489) 93 (83)
Age
 18–35 years 68 (31) 83 (24) 72 (25) 83 (6)
 36–50 years 87 (104) 88 (90) 86 (93) 100 (9)
 51–64 years 78 (198) 86 (208) 78 (184) 93 (29)
 65+ years 86 (121) 87 (146) 86 (141) 91 (33)
 Missing 76 (49) 78 (32) 78 (46) 100 (6)
Race
 White 81 (419) 87 (439) 82 (421) 93 (75)
 Non-White 93 (28) 89 (19) 79 (19) 67 (3)
 Prefer not to answer 71 (7) 50 (8) 80 (5) -- --
 Missing 76 (49) 76 (34) 80 (44) 100 (5)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic/Latina 64 (11) 71 (7) 71 (7) 100 (2)
 Non-Hispanic/Latina 82 (441) 87 (457) 82 (435) 92 (75)
 Prefer not to answer 100 (3) 75 (4) 67 (3) 100 (1)
 Missing 75 (48) 78 (32) 80 (44) 100 (5)
Education
 High school diploma or GED 90 (10) 86 (7) 82 (11) 100 (1)
 Some college but no degree 85 (41) 92 (40) 83 (47) 100 (11)
 Associate degree 65 (26) 85 (34) 81 (32) 67 (3)
 Bachelor’s degree (e.g. BA, BS) 82 (147) 87 (157) 81 (149) 93 (27)
 Graduate or professional degree 82 (229) 86 (227) 83 (204) 92 (36)
 Prefer not to answer 100 (2) 67 (3) 50 (2) -- --
 Missing 75 (48) 78 (32) 80 (44) 100 (5)
Scenario
 1A: Smallville Breast Cancer Study, EMR data 84 (76) 85 (89) 80 (76) -- --
 1B: Smallville Breast Cancer Study, self-reported health data 91 (82) 95 (80) 90 (72) -- --
 1C Smallville Water Study, EMR data 81 (72) 81 (70) 82 (68) -- --
 2A: Children’s Everyday Exposure Study, blood samples & genetic analyses 72 (67) 84 (67) 70 (54) -- --
 2B: Same as 2A but no individual report-back 62 (72) 68 (69) 62 (72) -- --
 2C: Children’s Everyday Exposure Study, environmental samples 83 (66) 97 (61) 90 (70) -- --
 3: Exposure Reduction Study, opinions, zip code 91 (68) 92 (64) 92 (77) 93 (83)

%IIP = percentage interested in participating. N viewed = total number who viewed the data sharing type. None = data restricted to use for future research by the research team. Controlled = data available to researchers who apply for and get permission to use the data for a specific project. Public = data are freely available in a public, unrestricted database. Restricted zip code = most data shared in a publicly accessible database but zip code is stored in a controlled-access database. The restricted zip code data sharing type only occurred in combination with scenario 3. EMR = electronic medical record.