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Table 1 Patient demographics based on responders and non-responders to at least one health literacy question

From: Lung cancer screening: assessment of health literacy and readability of online educational resources

 

Total

Non-Responders

Responders

P Value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Total

404

204

200

 

Sex

 Males

208 (51.5)

108 (52.9)

100 (50.0)

p = 0.554

Race

 Black

283 (70.0)

143 (70.0)

140 (70.0)

p = 0.943

 White

71 (17.6)

37 (18.1)

34 (17.0)

 

 Non-white Hispanic

44 (10.9)

21 (10.3)

23 (11.5)

 

 Asian/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

5 (1.2)

3 (0.15)

2 (1.0)

 

 No Answer

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.5)

 

Marital Status

 Single

138 (34.1)

71 (34.8)

67 (33.5)

p = 0.001

 Married

88 (21.8)

30 (14.7)

58 (29.0)

 

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

95 (23.5)

27 (13.2)

68 (34.0)

 

 Unknown

83 (20.5)

76 (37.3)

7 (3.5)

 

Age

 Mean ± SD

63.95 ± 6.22

63.02 ± 5.22

p = 0.104

Age range

 55–59

124 (30.7)

62 (30.4)

62 (31.0)

p = 0.010

 60–64

127 (31.4)

63 (30.9)

64 (32.0)

 

 65–69

89 (22.0)

39 (19.1)

50 (25.0)

 

 70–74

45 (11.1)

23 (11.3)

22 (11.0)

 

 75–80

19 (4.7)

17 (8.3)

2 (1.0)

 

Language

 English

373 (92.3)

190 (93.1)

183 (91.5)

p = 0.603

 Other

22 (5.4)

13 (6.4)

9 (4.5)

 

 No Answer

8 (2.0)

1 (0.5)

7 (3.5)

 

Income

 Wish not to answer (selected choice)

27 (6.7)

1 (0.5)

26 (13.0)

*

  ≤ $15,000/Yr

95 (23.5)

6 (2.9)

89 (44.5)

 

 $15,000–$30,000/Yr

29 (7.2)

3 (1.5)

26 (13.0)

 

  ≥ $30,000/Yr

24 (5.9)

0 (0.0)

24 (12.0)

 

 No Answer

229 (56.7)

194 (95.1)

35 (17.5)

 

Insurance

 Medicare

134 (33.2)

63 (30.8)

71 (35.5)

p = 0.716

 Medicaid

184 (45.5)

93 (45.5)

91 (45.5)

 

 Private

37 (9.2)

21 (10.3)

16 (8.0)

 

 Self Pay/Other/Blank

49 (12.1)

27 (13.2)

22 (11.0)

 
  1. *comparison not performed due to high non-response rate