Table 1 Sample characteristics by urban-rural classification: National Health Information Trends Survey (HINTS), 2011–2014
From: Rural-urban and racial-ethnic differences in awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Geographic location, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Chi-square | P-value | |
Sample size | 11,671 | 2078 | ||
Gender | 0.815 | 0.367 | ||
Male | 4584 (48.8) | 838 (46.9) | ||
Female | 7087 (51.2) | 1240 (53.1) | ||
Age, years | 67.833 | <.001 | ||
18–34 | 1768 (30.8) | 216 (24.8) | ||
35–49 | 2797 (28.3) | 406 (25.8) | ||
50–64 | 3940 (24.6) | 785 (28.3) | ||
65–74 | 1851 (8.9) | 386 (11.3) | ||
75+ | 1315 (7.4) | 285 (9.8) | ||
Race/ethnicity | 306.289 | <.001 | ||
NH white | 6375 (60.0) | 1486 (78.0) | ||
Hispanic | 1849 (15.8) | 109 (4.0) | ||
NH black | 1745 (11.0) | 197 (6.0) | ||
NH other | 824 (7.2) | 79 (3.9) | ||
Missing | 878 (6.1) | 207 (8.0) | ||
Education | 152.018 | <.001 | ||
Less than high school | 1005 (11.0) | 254 (13.2) | ||
High school graduate | 2239 (19.6) | 571 (29.3) | ||
Some college | 3506 (32.3) | 618 (35.4) | ||
College graduate | 4811 (36.4) | 607 (20.8) | ||
Missing | 110 (0.7) | 28 (1.1) | ||
Household income | 92.840 | <.001 | ||
<$20,000 | 2583 (20.0) | 560 (25.4) | ||
$20,000 to <$35,000 | 1701 (13.9) | 374 (17.8) | ||
$35,000 to <$50,000 | 1640 (13.5) | 329 (17.0) | ||
$50,000 to <$75,000 | 1922 (17.0) | 342 (16.9) | ||
$75,000+ | 3577 (33.9) | 448 (21.5) | ||
Missing | 248 (1.8) | 25 (1.3) | ||
HINTS administration | 7.769 | 0.051 | ||
2011 (HINTS 4 Cycle 1) | 3177 (25.1) | 620 (24.1) | ||
2012 (HINTS 4 Cycle 2) | 2948 (25.4) | 515 (24.0) | ||
2013 (HINTS 4 Cycle 3) | 2571 (24.4) | 458 (27.2) | ||
2014 (HINTS 4 Cycle 4) | 2975 (25.1) | 485 (24.7) | ||