Table 1. Sample demographics: Overall and by political ideology.
| Political Ideologya | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Sample | Leans Liberal | Moderate | Leans Conservative | ||
| n = 1,030 | n = 523 | n = 359 | n = 148 | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | p- valueb | |||
| Age in years (Mean, SD) | 48.8 (18.7) | 48.6 (18.7) | 45.9 (18.3) | 56.7 (17.8) | <0.001 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 489 (47.5) | 227 (43.4) | 162 (45.1) | 100 (67.6) | <0.001 |
| Female | 541 (52.5) | 296 (56.6) | 197 (54.9) | 48 (32.4) | |
| Race | |||||
| White | 505 (49.0) | 234 (44.7) | 160 (44.6) | 111 (75.0) | <0.001 |
| Black | 241 (23.4) | 146 (27.9) | 76 (21.2) | 19 (12.8) | |
| Hispanic | 123 (12.0) | 63 (12.1) | 50 (13.9) | 10 (6.8) | |
| Asian | 127 (12.3) | 61 (11.7) | 61 (17.0) | 5 (3.4) | |
| Other | 34 (3.3) | 19 (3.6) | 12 (3.3) | 3 (2.0) | |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 447 (43.4) | 206 (39.4) | 153 (42.6) | 88 (59.5) | 0.001 |
| Never Married | 377 (36.6) | 211 (40.3) | 135 (37.6) | 31 (21.0) | |
| Widowed/Divorced /Separated | 206 (20.0) | 106 (20.3) | 71 (19.8) | 29 (19.6) | |
| Children Under 18 living at home | |||||
| Yes | 298 (28.9) | 145 (27.7) | 123 (34.3) | 30 (20.3) | 0.005 |
| Income as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | |||||
| 0–99% of the FPL | 240 (23.3) | 124 (23.7) | 101 (28.1) | 15 (10.1) | 0.002 |
| 100–199% of the FPL | 166 (16.1) | 83 (15.9) | 59 (16.4) | 24 (16.2) | |
| 200–299% of the FPL | 191 (18.5) | 93 (17.8) | 61 (17.0) | 37 (25.0) | |
| 300–399% of the FPL | 121 (11.8) | 62 (11.9) | 33 (9.2) | 26 (17.6) | |
| 400+ % of the FPL | 312 (30.3) | 161 (30.8) | 105 (29.3) | 46 (31.1) | |
| Received government benefits in the last 6 months | |||||
| Yes | 249 (24.2) | 122 (23.3) | 107 (29.8) | 20 (13.5) | <0.001 |
| Education | |||||
| High School Education or Less | 208 (26.4) | 96 (18.4) | 85 (23.7) | 27 (18.3) | 0.396 |
| Some College or Associates Degree | 135 (17.2) | 189 (35.1) | 135 (37.6) | 54 (36.5) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | 279 (35.5) | 149 (28.5) | 86 (24.0) | 44 (29.7) | |
| Masters or Advanced Degree | 165 (21.0) | 89 (17.0) | 53 (14.8) | 23 (15.5) | |
| Currently Enrolled in School | |||||
| Yes | 113 (11.0) | 58 (11.1) | 48 (13.4) | 7 (4.7) | 0.018 |
| Working for pay before COVID-19 Outbreak | |||||
| vYes | 566 (55.0) | 283 (54.1) | 213 (59.3) | 70 (47.3) | 0.040 |
| Flu vaccine for current influenza season | |||||
| Yes | 537 (52.1) | 265 (50.7) | 185 (51.5) | 87 (58.8) | 0.210 |
| Frequency of Flu Vaccine over the last 5 years | |||||
| Annually | 406 (39.4) | 192 (36.7) | 144 (40.1) | 70 (47.3) | 0.640 |
| At least once, but not every year | 301 (29.2) | 158 (30.2) | 104 (29.0) | 39 (26.4) | |
| Never | 323 (31.4) | 173 (33.1) | 111 (30.9) | 39 (26.4) | |
a. Political Ideology calculated using the 10-item Political Polarization in the American Public Survey [11]
b. p-value derived from a Chi-square test for the difference of proportions