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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 Nov-Dec;33(6):969–977. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200210

Table 3:

Mean Delta of Likelihood to Request Antibiotics Overall and by Category and Participant Characteristics

Statement Category: Individual Close
Contact
About
Society
About
Resistance
Not about
Resistance
All
Statements
Total Sample (N=250) −2.30 −2.18 −1.80 −1.91 −2.26 −2.10
Sex          
Men (N=64) −1.75 −1.49 −1.35 −1.43 −1.77 −1.62
Women (N=184) −2.81 −2.42 −2.95 −2.08 −2.43 −2.28
Education            
HS Graduate or Less (N=54) −1.90 −1.63 −1.15 −1.33 −1.72 −1.60
Any college or trade school up to bachelor's degree (N=140) −2.30 −2.33 −1.86 −1.95 −2.33 −2.16
Master's degree or higher (N=56) −2.65 −2.34 −2.25 −2.38 −2.50 −2.45
Race            
Black (N=152) −1.97 −1.94 −1.51 −1.56 −2.01 −1.81
White (N=69) −2.69 −2.41 −2.13 −2.32 −2.53 −2.44
Other (N=29) −3.09 −2.89 −2.49 −2.81 −2.88 −2.84

A mean delta“−5” meant the statement made the patient much less likely to request antibiotics, “0” meant the statement did not change their likelihood, and “5” meant the statement made them much more likely to request antibiotics. (HS stand s for High School).