From: Self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients in Boston, Massachusetts
Variable | Total Sample N (%) | SBU 'Always', by Single Measure of Safety Belt Use N (%) | Chi Square | P value | SBU 'Always', by Multple Measure of Safety Belt Use N (%) | Chi Square | P value |
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Gender | |||||||
   Male | 197 (52) | 80 (42) | 15.7 | <0.001 | 35 (36) | 14.4 | <0.001 |
   Female | 182 (48) | 111 (58) |  |  | 63 (64) |  |  |
Age | |||||||
   18–24 | 49 (13) | 26 (14) | 7.68 | 0.958 | 17 (17) | 2.63 | 0.622 |
   25–34 | 98 (26) | 46 (24) |  |  | 23 (23) |  |  |
   35–44 | 108 (28) | 51 (27) |  |  | 28 (29) |  |  |
   45–54 | 81 (21) | 42 (23) |  |  | 19 (19) |  |  |
   55 or older | 46 (12) | 27 (14) |  |  | 11 (11) |  |  |
Race | |||||||
   African American | 183 (48) | 91(47) | 7.40 | 0.116 | 55 (53) | 3.05 | 0.549 |
   Asian | 10 (3) | 6 (3) |  |  | 1 (1) |  |  |
   Native American | 2 (1) | 2 (1) |  |  | 1 (1) |  |  |
   White | 151 (40) | 70 (36) |  |  | 37 (38) |  |  |
   Other | 34 (9) | 23 (12) |  |  | 7 (7) |  |  |
Ethnicity | |||||||
   Hispanic or Latino | 77 (20) | 50 (26) | 14.9 | 0.002 | 23 (23) | 2.02 | 0.568 |
   Cape Verdean | 19 (5) | 9 (5) |  |  | 3 (3) |  |  |
   Haitian | 20 (5) | 15 (8) |  |  | 4 (4) |  |  |
   None of These | 264 (69) | 118 (61) |  |  | 68 (69) |  |  |
Education | |||||||
   < High School | 27 (7) | 16 (8) | 4.77 | 0.312 | 7 (7) | 7.32 | 0.12 |
   Some High School | 55 (15) | 22 (12) |  |  | 8 (8) |  |  |
   High School/GED | 136 (36) | 65 (34) |  |  | 32 (33) |  |  |
   Some College | 91 (24) | 50 (26) |  |  | 27 (27) |  |  |
   College Graduate | 70 (18) | 38 (20) |  |  | 24 (24) |  |  |