From: Intentional tanning behaviors among undergraduates on the United States’ Gulf Coast
Variable | N (%) |
---|---|
Age | |
18 years old | 254 (9.5) |
19 years old | 509 (19.1) |
20 years old | 455 (17.1) |
21 years old | 410 (15.4) |
22+ years old | 1040 (39.0) |
College Year | |
Freshman | 555 (20.8) |
Sophomore | 589 (22.1) |
Junior | 723 (27.1) |
Senior | 801 (30.0) |
Sex | |
Male | 818 (30.7) |
Female | 1844 (69.3) |
Race | |
White | 1838 (68.9) |
Black or African American | 480 (18.0) |
Other | 350 (13.1) |
Alabama resident | |
Yes | 2119 (79.6) |
No | 544 (20.4) |
Immediate family member with history of melanoma | |
No | 2015 (75.6) |
Yes | 184 (6.9) |
Don’t know/Not sure | 465 (17.5) |
Fitzpatrick score | |
Fitzpatrick Type I/II | 395 (14.8) |
Fitzpatrick Type III | 780 (29.3) |
Fitzpatrick Type IV | 875 (32.8) |
Fitzpatrick Type V/VI | 617 (23.1) |
Number of lifetime blistering sunburns | |
None | 955 (35.8) |
1–2 | 1030 (38.7) |
3–5 | 508 (19.1) |
6 or more | 172 (6.5) |
Outdoor tanner | |
No | 936 (35.1) |
Yes | 1732 (64.9) |
Ever spray tanned | |
No | 2033 (78.2) |
Yes | 566 (21.2) |
Ever indoor tanned | |
No | 1236 (47.7) |
Yes | 1353 (50.7) |
Currently use tanning beds | |
No | 1054 (69.6) |
Yes | 461 (30.4) |
Intend to use tanning bed next month | |
No | 2312 (87.1) |
Yes | 343 (12.9) |
Intend to use tanning bed next 12 months | |
No | 2208 (83.2) |
Yes | 447 (16.8) |
Preferred method of tanning if time, convenience, and price not factors | |
Tanning beds | 105 (23.4) |
Tanning outdoors | 267 (59.5) |
Spray tan | 72 (16.0) |
Other | 5 (1.1) |