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Table 3 Bivariate analysis of select characteristics and worry of harm from OAP

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

3511 (100.0)

608 (17.3)

1999 (57.0)

904 (27.8)

P-value

Sex

 Male

1355 (48.7)

201 (40.6)

758 (47.6)

396 (55.6)

 < 0.01

 Female

2101 (51.3)

393 (59.4)

1216 (52.4)

492 (44.4)

 

Age

 18–34

526 (31.0)

65 (25.6)

320 (31.4)

141 (33.2)

0.40

 35–49

836 (26.8)

151 (30.1)

491 (27.1)

194 (24.3)

 

 50–64

1144 (25.7)

206 (28.1)

648 (25.8)

290 (24.0)

 

 65 + 

914 (16.5)

165 (16.2)

494 (15.6)

255 (18.5)

 

Race/Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

2012 (67.6)

234 (47.9)

1202 (69.5)

576 (74.5)

 < 0.0001

 Hispanic

486 (14.3)

135 (22.0)

257 (14.6)

94 (9.4)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

489 (11.0)

110 (13.7)

256 (9.8)

123 (12.1)

 

 Asian, Pacific Islander, and Other

202 (7.1)

53 (16.4)

113 (6.1)

36 (4.0)

 

Born in the USA

 Yes

2988 (85.5)

428 (66.0)

1735 (87.0)

825 (93.4)

 < 0.0001

 No

482 (14.5)

171 (34.0)

243 (13.0)

68 (6.6)

 

Education

 High School Diploma or Less

1041 (33.0)

207 (44.6)

535 (28.2)

299 (36.3)

 < 0.001

 Some College or Post-High School Vocational Training

1040 (38.0)

181 (31.5)

604 (40.7)

255 (35.9)

 

 College Graduate or Post-Graduate Degree

1366 (29.0)

203 (23.8)

828 (31.1)

335 (27.8)

 

Annual Household Income

 Less than $20,000

704 (21.7)

165 (27.7)

369 (19.9)

170 (22.1)

0.21

 $20,000 – 34,999

492 (14.7)

91 (19.4)

289 (13.4)

112 (14.7)

 

 $35,000 – 49,999

453 (15.4)

78 (15.0)

259 (16.4)

116 (13.4)

 

 $50,000—$74,999

518 (16.9)

62 (12.2)

316 (17.2)

140 (18.9)

 

 More than $75,000

917 (31.3)

125 (25.8)

546 (33.0)

246 (30.9)

 

Smoking Status

 Never Smoker

1995 (58.6)

371 (66.0)

1147 (59.5)

477 (52.5)

 < 0.01

 Former Smoker

915 (22.8)

144 (19.9)

532 (23.9)

239 (22.4)

 

 Current Smoker

573 (18.5)

89 (14.1)

309 (16.6)

175 (25.1)

 

Non-Metropolitan-Metropolitan Residence

 Non-Metropolitan

520 (16.4)

64 (12.4)

287 (14.8)

169 (21.9)

 < 0.01

 Metropolitan

2991 (83.6)

544 (87.6)

1712 (85.2)

735 (78.1)

 

Previous Family Cancer History

 No

845 (26.1)

149 (29.5)

465 (23.1)

231 (30.2)

0.02

 Not Sure

231 (7.4)

48 (6.7)

131 (6.7)

52 (9.3)

 

 Yes

2349 (66.5)

392 (63.7)

1356 (70.2)

601 (60.5)

 

Previous lung disease diagnosisc

 Not Diagnosed with Lung Disease

2915 (84.5)

462 (75.7)

1675 (86.2)

778 (86.0)

 < 0.01

 Diagnosed with Lung Disease

491 (15.5)

122 (24.3)

271 (13.8)

98 (14.0)

 

Likelihood of Getting Cancer

 Very Unlikely or Unlikely

973 (35.8)

186 (43.8)

573 (37.4)

214 (27.9)

 < 0.001

 Neither Unlikely nor Likely

1350 (44.8)

185 (33.6)

802 (45.5)

363 (47.6)

 

 Very Likely or Likely

593 (19.4)

121 (22.6)

295 (16.1)

177 (24.6)

 
  1. aN is based on the HINTS survey respondents who answered the OAP 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