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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Promot Pract. 2021 Aug 3;23(5):874–883. doi: 10.1177/15248399211027831

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants by DVD completion (N=243)

Completion Status (DVD viewed and interview completed)
Characteristic Total N=243a n (%) Non-Completer N=49 n (%) Completer N=194 n (%) p-value
Age Mean (SD) 57.63 (5.84) 58.96 (6.62) 57.29 (5.60) 0.075
Gender 0.959
 Male 95 (39.1%) 19 (20.0%) 76 (80.0%)
 Female 148 (60.9%) 30 (20.3%) 118 (79.7%)
Race 0.657
 Black or African American 157 (64.6%) 33 (21.0%) 124 (79.0%)
 White or Caucasian 68 (28.0%) 14 (20.6%) 54 (79.4%)
 Other 14 (5.8%) 1 (7.1%) 13 (92.9%)
Hispanic 0.756
 No 235 (96.7%) 48 (20.4%) 187 (79.6%)
 Yes 6 (2.5%) 1 (16.7%) 5 (83.3%)
Married/Partnered 0.831
 No 168 (69.1%) 35 (20.8%) 133 (79.2%)
 Yes 74 (30.5%) 14 (18.9%) 60 (81.1%)
Education 0.829
 No school-11 grade 50 (20.6%) 12 (24.0%) 38 (76.0%)
 12th grade/High school/GED 83 (34.2%) 15 (18.1%) 68 (81.9%)
 Vocational school-3 years of college 84 (34.6%) 16 (19.0%) 68 (81.0%)
 4-year College/Graduate Degree 26 (10.7%) 6 (23.1%) 20 (76.9%)
Employment 0.941
 Not employed 149 (61.3%) 29 (19.5%) 120 (80.5%)
 Full-time 57 (23.5%) 12 (21.1%) 45 (78.9%)
 Part-time 37 (15.2%) 8 (21.6%) 29 (78.4%)
Health Insurance 0.496
 No 15 (6.2%) 2 (13.3%) 13 (86.7%)
 Yes 228 (93.8%) 47 (20.6%) 181 (79.4%)
Household Income 0.859
 <15K 102 (42.0%) 21 (20.6%) 81 (79.4%)
 >=15K 133 (54.7%) 27 (20.3%) 106 (79.7%)
Health Literacy Sum (SD) 12.09 (2.69) 12.02 (2.60) 12.10 (2.72) 0.847

Note: Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables, t-tests for continuous variables

Health literacy: 3-item brief health literacy screening test (sum scores 3–15; higher numbers = adequate health literacy) [16]

DVD: Digital Video Disc

a

Missing data included: n=4 for Race, n=1 for Married/partnered, n=8 for Household Income, and n=1 for Health Literacy