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Table 1 Characteristics of 2016 focus group participants and 2018, 2019 workshop participants

From: A community-engaged approach to understanding environmental health concerns and solutions in urban and rural communities

Year

2016

2018

2019

Location

Birmingham

Wilcox County

p-Valuea

Birmingham

Wilcox County

p-Valuea

Birmingham

Wilcox County

p-Valuea

Number

60

51

 

23

30

 

45

42

 

Age

  

7.9E-03*

  

0.59

  

2.1E-02*

 Mean(95%CI)

60.1 (59.6–60.6)

51.9 (51.3–52.6)

 

51.0 (49.7–52.2)

53.1 (52.2–54.0)

 

49.6 (48.6–50.6)

58.0 (57.5–58.5)

 

 Median(range)

62 (23–85)

56 (20–81)

 

49 (25–71)

58 (19–69)

 

60 (19–73)

60.5 (34–73)

 

 Missing

4 (7%)

2 (4%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

6 (13%)

2 (5%)

 

Sex

  

0.11

  

0.53

  

0.54

 Female

40 (67%)

41 (80%)

 

22 (96%)

26 (87%)

 

32 (71%)

35 (83%)

 

 Male

20 (33%)

9 (18%)

 

1 (4%)

4 (13%)

 

8 (18%)

5 (12%)

 

 Missing

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

5 (11%)

2 (5%)

 

Race

 African American or Black

56 (93%)

46 (90%)

1.00

23 (100%)

29 (97%)

1.00

38 (84%)

37 (88%)

0.49

 Otherb

3 (5%)

2 (4%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

 

0 (0%)

2 (5%)

 

 Missing

1 (2%)

3 (6%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

7 (16%)

3 (7%)

 

Education

  

0.66

  

0.83

  

1.00

  ≤ High school

29 (48%)

21 (41%)

 

9 (39%)

10 (33%)

 

14 (31%)

13 (31%)

 

  > High school

29 (48%)

27 (53%)

 

12 (52%)

18 (60%)

 

24 (53%)

25 (60%)

 

 Missing

2 (3%)

3 (6%)

 

2 (9%)

2 (7%)

 

7 (16%)

4 (10%)

 

Income

  

0.16

  

0.26

  

1.6E-04*

  < $20,000

41 (68%)

28 (55%)

 

7 (30%)

15 (50%)

 

16 (36%)

1 (2%)

 

  ≥ $20,000

12 (20%)

17 (33%)

 

15 (65%)

14 (47%)

 

19 (42%)

32 (76%)

 

 Missing

7 (12%)

6 (12%)

 

1 (4%)

1 (3%)

 

10 (22%)

9 (21%)

 

Health

        

1.00

 Goodc

55 (92%)

46 (90%)

1.00

22 (96%)

30 (100%)

NA

37 (82%)

37 (88%)

 

 Poor

2 (3%)

2 (4%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

 

 Missing

3 (5%)

3 (6%)

 

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

 

7 (16%)

4 (10%)

 

Participant in monitor study (summer 2017)

  

NA

  

0.68

  

3.4E-05*

 Yes

NA

NA

 

16 (66%)

19 (63%)

 

7 (16%)

25 (60%)

 

 No

NA

NA

 

6 (26%)

11 (37%)

 

32 (71%)

12 (29%)

 

 Missing

NA

NA

 

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

 

6 (13%)

5 (12%)

 

Participant in previous focus groups

  

NA

  

0.02*

  

8.8E-05*

 Yes

NA

NA

 

6 (26%)

19 (63%)

 

8 (18%)

26 (62%)

 

 No

NA

NA

 

16 (70%)

10 (33%)

 

30 (67%)

12 (29%)

 

 Missing

NA

NA

 

1 (4%)

1 (3%)

 

7 (16%)

4 (10%)

 

How long they have lived in this community

  

NA

  

0.05

  

0.011*

 0-5 years

NA

NA

 

6 (26%)

1 (3%)

 

8 (18%)

4 (10%)

 

 6–15 years

NA

NA

 

2 (9%)

2 (7%)

 

13 (29%)

4 (10%)

 

 More than 15 years

NA

NA

 

15 (65%)

26 (87%)

 

19 (42%)

31 (74%)

 

 Missing

NA

NA

 

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

 

5 (11%)

3 (7%)

 
  1. * denotes significant difference with a P-value < 0.05
  2. ap-values are the result of the Student’s t test for age, and chi-square test for the rest categories to measure the difference between Birmingham and Wilcox County in 2016, 2018, and 2019, respectively
  3. bIncludes Asian, Alaskan Native or American Indian, White or European, Hispanic or Latino, or mixed race
  4. cIncludes “Excellent”, “Good”, and “Fair”