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. 2021 Jan 22;36(4):1169–1171. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06461-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants by Physician vs. General Public

General public Physician p value
N = 747,227 [95% CI] N = 3009 [95% CI]
Age (SD) 47.17 ( 20.61) 47.64 (14.9) 0.4
Female 52.1% 52.0% 52.3% 33.5% 31.6% 35.5% < 0.001
Married 53.7% 53.6% 53.9% 77.8% 76.1% 79.5% < 0.001
Non-rural 84.0% 83.9% 84.1% 92.7% 91.8% 93.7%
Children in household 37.5% 37.4% 37.6% 52.2% 50.2% 54.2%
Employed 61.9% 61.8% 62.0% 99.1% 98.7% 99.5%
Race/ethnicity
White 71.5% 71.4% 71.7% 71.7% 69.8% 73.6% < 0.001
Black 12.0% 11.9% 12.1% 5.2% 4.2% 6.2%
Native American 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.4%
Asian 3.8% 3.7% 3.8% 15.7% 14.1% 17.2%
Other 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.3% 0.8% 1.7%
Hispanic 10.5% 10.4% 10.6% 6.0% 4.9% 7.0%
Region
Northeast 18.2% 18.1% 18.3% 22.0% 20.3% 23.8% < 0.001
Midwest 22.6% 22.5% 22.7% 21.1% 19.5% 22.8%
South 37.1% 37.0% 37.2% 34.6% 32.7% 36.6%
West 22.1% 22.0% 22.2% 22.2% 20.5% 23.8%
Household income
<20K 15.7% 15.6% 15.8% 1.7% 1.1% 2.3% < 0.001
20–35K 16.8% 16.7% 16.9% 1.9% 1.4% 2.5%
35–50K 14.1% 14.0% 14.2% 4.1% 3.2% 5.0%
50–75K 19.6% 19.5% 19.7% 8.2% 7.0% 9.3%
≥ 75K 33.8% 33.7% 33.9% 84.0% 82.4% 85.7%
Duration of residence
< 1 year 13.7% 13.6% 13.8% 13.1% 11.5% 14.8% < 0.001
1–5 years 27.1% 27.0% 27.2% 30.7% 28.8% 32.7%
> 5 years 59.2% 59.1% 59.3% 56.1% 54.0% 58.3%
Education
High school or less 41.3% 41.2% 41.4% 0.8% 0.5% 1.2% < 0.001
Some college 29.6% 29.5% 29.7% 1.7% 1.2% 2.2%
Bachelor’s degree 19.4% 19.3% 19.5% 2.3% 1.6% 2.9%
Graduate degree 9.7% 9.6% 9.8% 95.2% 94.3% 96.1%

Note: The imputed dataset accounting for missing variables of income, duration at residence, and rural location was used for this tabulation. P values were calculated based on Pearson’s chi-squared test for the hypothesis that the distribution of each covariate is independent from the groups—general public vs. physician group