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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of select characteristics and worry of harm from IAP

From: Perception of worry of harm from air pollution: results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Total

Total

A lot

Some or A Little

Not at all

 

Na (%)b

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

χ2-test

3486 (100.0)

441 (12.7)

1924 (55.2)

1121 (32.2)

P-value

Sex

 Male

1344 (48.8)

147 (42.4)

726 (48.0)

471 (52.6)

0.09

 Female

2088 (51.2)

286 (57.6)

1168 (52.0)

634 (47.4)

 

Age

 18–34

525 (31.1)

55 (31.9)

275 (29.7)

195 (33.3)

0.26

 35–49

834 (26.8)

118 (29.4)

477 (27.8)

239 (23.9)

 

 50–64

1141 (25.8)

147 (24.8)

646 (27.2)

348 (23.6)

 

 65 + 

901 (16.4)

107 (14.0)

479 (15.3)

315 (19.1)

 

Race/Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

2009 (67.6)

164 (50.3)

1131 (68.0)

714 (73.6)

 < 0.0001

 Hispanic

481 (14.2)

111 (23.8)

244 (13.7)

126 (11.4)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

484 (11.0)

75 (13.0)

257 (10.6)

152 (10.9)

 

 Asian, Pacific Islander, and Other

204 (7.2)

32 (12.9)

128 (7.7)

44 (4.0)

 

Born in the USA

 Yes

2971 (85.5)

295 (65.1)

1658 (85.9)

1018 (92.9)

 < 0.0001

 No

476 (14.5)

137 (34.9)

245 (14.1)

94 (7.1)

 

Education

 High School Diploma or Less

1021 (32.7)

154 (42.6)

542 (31.8)

325 (30.4)

0.03

 Some College or Post-High School Vocational Training

1039 (38.1)

148 (36.2)

582 (39.5)

309 (36.4)

 

 College Graduate or Post-Graduate Degree

1364 (29.2)

124 (21.3)

768 (28.7)

472 (33.1)

 

Annual Household Income

 Less than $20,000

694 (21.5)

131 (26.5)

363 (21.8)

200 (19.1)

0.39

 $20,000 – 34,999

489 (14.7)

71 (16.5)

283 (15.1)

135 (13.1)

 

 $35,000 – 49,999

451 (15.4)

51 (14.3)

259 (16.6)

141 (13.7)

 

 $50,000—$74,999

518 (17.1)

51 (15.4)

291 (15.6)

176 (20.3)

 

 More than $75,000

918 (31.4)

82 (27.3)

500 (30.9)

336 (33.9)

 

Smoking Status

 Never Smoker

1981 (58.8)

267 (65.9)

1109 (59.4)

605 (54.9)

0.20

 Former Smoker

907 (22.8)

100 (18.5)

494 (22.7)

313 (24.6)

 

 Current Smoker

570 (18.4)

71 (15.6)

310 (17.8)

189 (20.5)

 

Non-Metropolitan-Metropolitan Residence

 Non-Metropolitan

522 (16.5)

51 (14.6)

288 (14.4)

183 (21.1)

 < 0.01

 Metropolitan

2964 (83.5)

390 (85.4)

1636 (85.6)

938 (78.9)

 

Previous Family Cancer History

 No

835 (26.0)

103 (30.9)

469 (25.4)

263 (25.2)

0.52

 Not Sure

231 (7.5)

33 (6.4)

136 (7.1)

62 (8.6)

 

 Yes

2339 (66.5)

290 (62.7)

1270 (67.5)

779 (66.2)

 

Previous lung disease diagnosisc

 Not Diagnosed with Lung Disease

2897 (84.7)

348 (79.6)

1583 (84.2)

966 (87.6)

0.14

 Diagnosed with Lung Disease

487 (15.3)

73 (20.4)

290 (15.8)

124 (12.4)

 

Likelihood of Getting Cancer

 Very Unlikely or Unlikely

964 (35.6)

126 (42.1)

545 (36.5)

293 (31.5)

 < 0.001

 Neither Unlikely nor Likely

1348 (45.2)

132 (33.8)

782 (48.0)

434 (44.3)

 

 Very Likely or Likely

589 (19.3)

84 (24.0)

297 (15.6)

208 (24.2)

 
  1. aN is based on the HINTS survey respondents who answered the IAP question in HINTS survey; may not sum to total due to missing values
  2. b% is based on the estimated % of U.S. adult population
  3. cThis includes chronic lung disease, asthma, emphysema, and/or chronic bronchitis