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. 2022 Jun 7:10.1111/jgs.17920. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17920

TABLE 1.

Sample characteristics

(1) (2) Race (3) Income
Variables Overall sample (%) White Non‐Hispanic (%) Black Non‐Hispanic (%) Hispanic (%) Other race (%) Income <25 K (%) Income ≥25 K (%)
Sex
Male 45.39 45.55 42.17 46.14 47.33 37.55 48.70
Female 54.61 54.45 57.83 53.86 52.67 62.45 51.30
Race
White non‐Hispanic 76.18 57.90 83.90
Black non‐Hispanic 9.45 18.22 5.74
Hispanic 8.30 15.76 5.16
Other race/unknown 6.07 8.12 5.20
Age category
<65 years 13.36 10.95 26.68 17.66 17.02 29.19 6.68
65–74 years 53.17 53.97 47.86 53.58 50.79 38.38 59.40
≥75 years 33.47 35.09 25.45 28.76 32.19 32.43 33.92
Income
Less than 25 k income 29.67 22.55 57.24 56.32 39.68
$25 K or more 70.33 77.45 42.76 43.68 60.32
Metro
Metro 80.31 78.05 86.54 92.57 82.28 75.74 82.24
Non‐metro 19.69 21.95 13.46 7.43 17.72 24.26 17.76
Region
Northeast 17.78 18.68 12.41 16.21 16.97 17.16 18.04
Midwest 21.81 24.87 14.44 8.66 12.83 20.09 22.53
South 38.82 36.72 63.84 31.43 36.36 44.84 36.28
West 21.59 19.73 9.31 43.70 33.84 17.91 23.15
Medicare‐Medicaid dual eligibility
Yes 14.36 8.74 35.05 38.22 20.16 44.76 1.54
No 85.64 91.26 64.95 61.78 79.84 55.24 98.46
Speak language other than English at home
Yes 11.05 3.06 3.40 23.69 34.00 19.27 7.59
No 88.95 96.94 96.60 76.31 66.00 80.73 92.41
Health conditions (yes)
Weak immune system 16.87 16.83 15.15 16.72 20.19 19.48 15.77
Hypertension 62.85 60.36 77.80 63.76 69.51 66.32 61.38
High cholesterol 63.45 62.52 66.63 69.82 61.35 63.42 63.46
Stroke 8.88 8.46 12.44 8.02 9.75 12.23 7.46
Cancer 19.12 20.06 14.32 15.75 19.28 16.66 20.15
Lung disease 18.74 18.53 19.38 16.68 23.16 25.20 16.02
Diabetes 31.30 26.85 44.17 46.94 45.77 36.92 28.93
Heart disease 31.47 32.78 29.22 23.79 29.02 31.65 31.39
Depression 25.89 25.94 23.58 28.41 25.37 35.03 22.03
Dementia 2.50 2.28 2.37 4.24 3.06 3.72 1.98
Main information source
Traditional news 49.81 48.33 54.65 56.64 51.48 52.89 48.51
Social media 1.25 1.12 1.21 1.94 1.98 1.73 1.05
Government officials 11.23 11.76 9.79 7.18 12.35 6.78 13.11
Other Internet/webpages 8.24 9.15 3.79 5.44 7.7 6.23 9.09
Family and friends 10.07 10.21 8.50 9.87 11.06 14.46 8.22
Healthcare providers 19.39 19.43 22.07 18.93 15.44 17.9 20.02
CV19‐specific variables (yes)
Suspected to have CV19 8.29 8.17 6.68 11.92 7.40 9.08 7.96
Was told they have CV19 4.44 4.10 4.56 8.36 3.07 4.96 4.22
Tested for CV19 34.24 32.81 42.12 41.25 30.24 33.96 34.35
Result of active CV19 4.05 3.64 4.88 7.61 2.97 4.31 3.94
n (unweighted) 9606 7212 930 969 495 3440 6166
N (weighted) 50,512,963 38,482,514 4,771,552 4,193,335 3,065,561 14,987,501 35,525,463