Table 2.

Survey responses among participants currently employed and living in New Mexico

Variable	Not testing		Currently testing		P valuea
	N	%	N	%
Respondents (N = 89)	44	49.4	45	50.6
Female sex	29	65.9	25	55.6	0.32
Current ageb (mean, SD)	34.6	8.9	40.4	12.9	0.02
TB testing certification completed as a					0.42
Pharmacist	32	72.7	36	80.0
Student	12	27.3	9	20.0
> 10 years of practice as a pharmacist	12	27.3	22	48.9	0.04
Practice setting					< 0.0001
Chain	24	54.5	31	68.9
Clinic, hospital, other	18	40.9	1	2.2
Independent	2	4.5	13	28.9
Large city (≥ 50,000 population)	36	81.8	26	57.8	0.01
Pharmacy practice has a consulting room	17	38.6	38	84.4	< 0.0001
City or town of current practice site has TB testing available at a location other than pharmacy	40	90.9	37	82.2	0.49
Other location requires an appointment (% of other location sites)	5	12.5	8	21.6	0.24
Other location testing free (% of other location sites)	0	0.0	1	2.7	0.42
Reason for obtaining TB testing certification (could choose more than one)
Required by employer	5	11.4	28	62.2	< 0.0001
Gain skills or certification	42	95.5	45	100.0	0.15
To affect public health	41	93.2	43	95.6	0.63
Revenue source	6	13.6	24	53.3	< 0.0001
Other	2	4.5	2	4.4	0.98
Strongly confident in administering TB test	13	29.5	26	57.8	0.01

Abbreviation used: TB, tuberculosis.

^aStatistical significance determined using a chi-squared test for frequencies and t test for mean values.

^bThere were 2 missing current age observations: 1 in each group.