Table 3.

Respondent characteristics and the importance of attributes.^a

Attribute (average weight)	Gender	Age	Level of education	Urban/rural background	Chronic disease	Inpatient last year	GPb visits last year	Trust scale	Fear scale	Hope scale
Type (0.12268)	—c	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P=.002 r=–.097
Explanation (1.10638)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Performance (0.31895)	P=.01 Md=.337 Fe=.300	P<.001 More impor­tant with lower age	P<.001 Lowest level of education=.179 Highest level of education=.659	P=.002 Most rural=.271 Most urban=.354	—	—	—	P=.003 r=.093	P<.001 r=.170	P<.001 r=.243
Responsibility (1.90018)	—	—	—	P=.01 Most rural=1.940 Most urban=1.792	—	—	—	—	—	—
Discrimination (0.60190)	P<.001 M=.542 F=.682	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P<.001 r=–.120
Severity of disease (0.06042)	—	—	P=.01 Lowest level of education=.122 Highest level of education=–.226	—	—	—	—	P=.002 r=–.099	—	P<.001 r=–.168

^aNumerical data only shown for cells where there is a statistically significant difference.

^bGP: general practitioner.

^cNot applicable.

^dM: male.

^eF: female.