Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline, by level of engagementa
| Â | Levels of engagement (response rate) | P valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | > 0 & ≤0.1 | > 0.1 & ≤0.6 | > 0.6 & ≤1 | ||
|  | n = 279 | n = 153 | n = 151 | n = 148 |  |
| Â | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Â |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
 19–24 years | 29 (10.4) | 8 (5.2) | 16 (10.6) | 6 (4.1) |  |
 25–34 years | 52 (10.4) | 32 (20.9) | 41 (27.2) | 22 (14.9) |  |
 35–44 years | 44 (18.6) | 18 (11.8) | 34 (22.5) | 41 (27.7) |  |
 45–54 years | 44 (15.8) | 30 (19.6) | 16 (10.6) | 30 (20.3) |  |
 55–64 years | 82 (29.4) | 50 (32.7) | 34 (22.5) | 41 (27.7) |  |
 65+ years | 28 (10.0) | 15 (9.8) | 10 (6.6) | 8 (5.4) |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.24 |
 Female | 200 (71.7) | 120 (78.4) | 103 (68.2) | 108 (73.0) |  |
 Male | 79 (28.3) | 33 (21.6) | 48 (31.8) | 40 (27.0) |  |
African-American | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.01* |
 Yes | 35 (12.5) | 11 (7.2) | 30 (19.9) | 21 (14.2) |  |
 No | 244 (87.5) | 142 (92.8) | 121 (80.1) | 127 (85.8) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.35 |
  ≤ High school | 37 (28.0) | 29 (32.6) | 34 (25.8) | 40 (28.0) |  |
 Some college or technical school | 62 (47.0) | 36 (40.4) | 64 (48.5) | 53 (37.1) |  |
 College graduate | 33 (25.0) | 24 (27.0) | 34 (25.8) | 50 (35.0) |  |
How hard it is for you/family to pay for medical care | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.27 |
 Very hard | 23 (17.4) | 17 (19.1) | 20 (15.0) | 33 (23.1) |  |
 Hard | 17 (12.9) | 17 (19.1) | 21 (15.8) | 20 (14.0) |  |
 Somewhat hard | 49 (37.1) | 27 (30.3) | 44 (33.1) | 43 (30.1) |  |
 Not very hard | 40 (30.3) | 28 (31.5) | 40 (30.1) | 45 (31.5) |  |
 Don’t know | 3 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (6.0) | 2 (1.4) |  |
Number of cigarettes smoked per day | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.001* |
  < =10 | 84 (30.1) | 47 (30.7) | 74 (49.0) | 49 (33.1) |  |
  > 10 and < =20 | 132 (47.3) | 78 (51.0) | 59 (39.1) | 62 (41.9) |  |
  > 20 | 63 (22.6) | 28 (18.3) | 18 (11.9) | 37 (25.0) |  |