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Table 1

From: Identifying the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: implications of results from recall and recognition questions

  

←------------RECALL probe------------→

←RECOGNITION probe→

  

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

  

% 'yes' to recall probe (Q27)

% of 'yes' on Q27 who 'Definitely' or 'Most Likely'

% of 'yes' on Q27 who 'Definitely' identified

% 'yes' to recognition probe (Q37)

% of 'yes' on Q37 who 'clearly' identified

Variable

Strata

(n = 1,162)

identified the TSS

the TSS

(n = 1,162)

the TSS*

race/ethnicity2,3,4,5

Blacks

54.5

20.7

11.2

56.2

66.0

 

Whites

55.3

9.0

6.3

38.5

70.0

 

Puerto Rican Hispanics

51.4

5.7

4.3

24.3

35.5

sex2,3,4

females

52.9

9.9

5.8

37.6

60.4

 

males

56.2

15.5

10.2

44.9

66.3

city3,4,5

Baltimore, MD

56.3

13.9

7.9

48.8

71.2

 

New York City, NY

53.8

13.6

8.6

40.9

62.7

 

San Juan, PR

50.8

1.3

1.3

21.8

28.2

age (yrs)1,4

18-29

45.7

8.5

8.5

28.1

55.8

 

30-44

55.3

15.4

9.1

42.5

61.9

 

45-59

60.9

11.7

7.4

46.6

67.5

 

60-74

55.9

7.7

2.6

38.5

62.3

 

74+

33.7

10.0

5.0

32.5

51.9

education1,2,3,4,5

< H.S. grad

35.3

0.0

0.0

25.8

38.8

 

H.S. grad

49.8

8.3

4.6

27.2

52.8

 

some college

56.7

16.7

11.1

43.3

64.6

 

college grad

59.7

10.6

6.4

50.3

65.8

 

postgrad/prof degree

72.5

17.2

10.1

56.4

77.4

income1,2,3,4

< $20,000

42.9

3.5

3.5

26.1

45.2

 

$20,000 - 34,999

55.6

5.4

1.4

35.8

56.9

 

$35,000 - 49,999

55.1

16.5

7.5

46.7

65.1

 

$50,000 - 74,999

67.9

19.7

18.2

51.5

72.5

 

$74,999+

73.9

17.2

10.1

58.8

75.6

  1. * 'clearly identified the TSS' included subjects who gave either a Factually Correct TSS Detail or a Myth TSS Detail
  2. 1 = statistically significant for 'yes' to recall probe (χ2, p < 0.001) for frequency distribution on this variable within Column 1
  3. 2 = statistically significant for % 'yes' to recall probe who named the TSS (χ2, p < 0.05) for frequency distribution on this variable within Column 2
  4. 3 = statistically significant for % 'yes' to recall probe who named or most likely identified the TSS (χ2, p ≤ 0.05) for frequency distribution on this variable within Column 3
  5. 4 = statistically significant for recognition probe (χ2, p < 0.05) for frequency distribution on this variable within Column 4
  6. 5 = statistically significant for % 'yes' to recognition probe who most likely identified the TSS (χ2, p < 0.05) for frequency distribution on this variable within Column 5