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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2021 Jul 12;31(5):432–439. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.06.001

Table 1:

Sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of women aged 18–49 participating in a US-based assessment of website identification

Characteristics Total with weight (N=1,043.8)

Age
 Mean (SD) 33.8 (8.7)
 Median [Q1, Q3] 34 [27, 41]
 Range (18–49)
Race / Ethnicity
 White, Non-Hispanic 584.5 (56%)
 Black, Non-Hispanic 141 (13.5%)
 Other, Non-Hispanic 87.1 (8.3%)
 Hispanic 212.2 (20.3%)
 2+ races, Non-Hispanic 19 (1.8%)
Education
 Less than high school 95.8 (9.2%)
 High school 239.1 (22.9%)
 Some college 330.2 (31.6%)
 Bachelor's degree or higher 378.7 (36.3%)
Household income as % of federal poverty level
 <100% of FPL 123.7 (11.8%)
 100–199% of FPL 138.7 (13.3%)
 200%+ of FPL 781.5 (74.9%)
Marital status
 Married 543.1 (52%)
 Widowed/divorced/separated 82.6 (7.9%)
 Never married 309.2 (29.6%)
 Living with partner 108.9 (10.4%)
MSA Status
 Non-metro 124.8 (12%)
 Metro 919 (88%)
Census regions - based on state of residence
 Northeast 176.2 (16.9%)
 Midwest 212.4 (20.4%)
 South 402 (38.5%)
 West 253.3 (24.3%)
Language proficiency
 Spanish speaking 93.8 (9%)
 Bilingual 118.4 (11.3%)
 English speaking 831.6 (79.7%)
Religion
 Missing 4.9 (0.5%)
 Catholic 236.6 (22.8%)
 Evangelical, Protestant, and other Christian 442.8 (42.6%)
 Jewish 25.7 (2.5%)
 Islam/Muslim 10.7 (1%)
 Other non-Christian religion 36.4 (3.5%)
 No religion 286.7 (27.6%)
Political affiliation
 Republican 364.3 (34.9%)
 Independent 61 (5.8%)
 Democrat 618.5 (59.3%)
Heard of CPCs 615.5 (59.4%)
 Missing 7.3 (0.7%)
Personal views on abortion
 Missing 25.8 (2.5%)
 Abortion is morally acceptable and should be legal 318.5 (31.3%)
 Personally against abortion, but government should not prevent a 452.3 (44.4%)
woman from making that decision
 Abortion is morally wrong and should be illegal 247.3 (24.3%)
Have been pregnant 619.4 (60%)
 Missing 10.6 (1%)
Have had an abortion 107.2 (17.4%)
 Missing 1.4 (0.2%)
Have accompanied someone else to obtain an abortion 78.8 (7.6%)
 Missing 12.5 (1.2%)

Health literacy score
 High likelihood of limited literacy 75.8 (7.3%)
 Possibly limited literacy 150.8 (14.4%)
 Adequate literacy 817.2 (78.3%)

State abortion knowledge score (categorized)
 ≤ 25th percentile (score = 0) 383.3 (36.7%)
 26th - 75th percentiles (score = 1–3) 395.2 (37.9%)
 > 75th percentile (score = 4–12) 265.3 (25.4%)

Score on abortion myth questions (categorized)
 ≤ 25th percentile (score = 0) 472.3 (45.2%)
 26th - 75th percentiles (score = 1–2) 396.9 (38%)
 > 75th percentile (score = 3–5) 174.6 (16.7%)