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. 2022 Jan 20;32(1):11–20. doi: 10.18865/ed.32.1.11

Table 1. Participant characteristics by those who engage and do not engage in cost-related non-adherence (CRN).

Unweighted, N=398 Weighted % (mean) Cost-related non-adherence
No, n= 289 Yes, n=109 Pa
Unweighted n Weighted % (mean) Unweighted n Weighted % (mean)
Age, years 387 35.67 (17.5) 280 36.06 (17.92) 107 34.75 (16.62) .21
Sex (N Female) 247 64.21 177 (62.23) 70 (69.44) .56
Marital status (Married) 210 55.33 157 (56.99) 53 (50.93) .32
Immigration Status .98
US-born 131 34.01 95 (33.92) 36 (34.26) --
Foreign-born 261 65.99 189 (66.08) 72 (65.74) --
Origin .39
Arab 266 82.23 189 (81.11) 77 (85.19) --
Chaldean 102 17.77 77 (18.88) 25 (14.82) --
Religion .40
Muslim 246 72.33 176 (70.38) 70 (76.85) --
Christian 140 25.89 107 (27.88) 33 (21.30) --
Employment Status .19
Employed 202 49.36 151 (50.70) 51 (45.37) --
Unemployed 68 18.06 48 (17.48) 20 (18.52) --
Other, eg, retired, student 125 32.56 89 (31.81) 36 (34.27) --
Income level .10
$0-14,999 103 26.65 72 (25.18) 31 (30.56) --
$15,000-34,999 125 33.50 87 (31.82) 38 (37.04) --
$35,000-74,999 90 23.60 63 (23.43) 27 (24.07) --
$75,000-200,000+ 69 16.24 57 (19.58) 12 (8.33) --
Education level .95
Less than high school 53 13.20 37 (13.64) 16 (12.04) --
Completed high school 78 20.05 54 (19.23) 24 (22.22) --
Associate degree or some college 97 24.62 70 (23.78) 27 (25.93) --
Completed college 122 31.47 92 (32.52) 30 (29.63) --
Graduate or professional degree 44 10.66 33 (10.84) 11 (10.19) --
Health Insurance .0018d
Private insurance 115 31.73 84 (32.52) 31 (29.63) --
Medicaid 137 38.85 107 (43.36) 30 (31.48) --
Medicare 53 14.21 41 (15.39) 12 (12.04) --
Some other source 10 3.05 6 (2.45) 4 (4.63) --
No coverage 47 11.17 21 (6.29) 26 (22.22) --
Chronic disease, yes 151 37.56 107 (35.66) 44 (38.89) .47
Mental health distressb 358 2.72 (.19) 256 2.20 (.20) 102 3.88 (.38) .000e
Food Insecurityb 394 .82 (.07) 286 .66 (.07) 108 1.21 (.16) .0005e
Patient/provider communicationb 336 2.33 (.74) 249 2.43 (.67) 87 2.03 (.84) .02 c
Unfair treatmentb 383 1.72 (.09) 275 1.61 (.11) 108 1.99 (.17) .21
Self-rated good health, n 338 84.77 250 (86.71) 88 (79.63) .24
Patient/provider racial concordance, n, yes 284 73.10 203 (72.03) 81 (75.93) .58
Usual source of care, n, yes 354 88.83 266 (91.26) 88 (83.33) .017c

a. P-values for chi-square tests for unweighted categorical variables and t-tests for unweighted binary variables.

b. Data shown as weighted mean (SD).

c. P<.05

d. P<.01

e. P<.001