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Table 1 Sample characteristics by county-level poverty status (in quartiles)

From: Chronic disease self-management education courses: utilization by low-income, middle-aged participants

  

Percent of the population under 125% poverty

 

Total (n = 19,365)

Quartile 1 (n = 4,760)

Quartile 2 (n = 5,029)

Quartile 3 (n = 4,924)

Quartile 4 (n = 4,652)

χ 2 or f

P

Percent of county under 125% poverty

 Lowest percent

3.51%

3.51%

15.29%

19.51%

22.63%

  

 Highest percent

69.12%

15.27%

19.50%

22.62%

69.12%

  

Age

58.49 (±4.25)

58.43 (±4.24)

58.56 (±4.22)

58.63 (±4.24)

58.34 (±4.29)

4.40

0.004

Sex

     

8.06

0.045

 Male

23.0%

23.5%

24.0%

21.7%

22.9%

  

 Female

77.0%

76.5%

76.0%

78.3%

77.1%

  

Ethnicity

     

137.10

<0.001

 Non-hispanic

88.3%

92.3%

88.7%

87.9%

84.1%

  

 Hispanic

11.7%

7.7%

11.3%

12.1%

15.9%

  

Race

     

1094.37

<0.001

 White

62.5%

67.4%

68.4%

59.6%

54.3%

  

 African american

23.7%

14.0%

18.7%

27.0%

35.3%

  

 Asian/pacific islander

4.4%

9.4%

4.6%

2.7%

0.8%

  

 American indian/native american

2.0%

1.8%

1.7%

1.9%

2.5%

  

 Other/mixed race

7.5%

7.4%

6.6%

8.8%

7.1%

  

Number of chronic conditions (0 to 10)

2.57 (±1.68)

2.55 (±1.65)

2.56 (±1.70)

2.67 (±1.70)

2.48 (±1.66)

9.57

<0.001

 No conditions

8.2%

7.9%

8.7%

8.1%

8.2%

51.94

<0.001

 1 Condition

21.7%

22.6%

21.8%

19.5%

23.2%

  

 2 Conditions

23.4%

22.4%

23.0%

22.7%

25.4%

  

 3+ Conditions

46.7%

47.2%

46.5%

49.6%

43.2%

  

Delivery site type

     

635.75

<0.001

 Senior center/AAA

24.0%

19.6%

26.3%

22.4%

27.5%

  

 Healthcare organizations

26.3%

30.7%

26.9%

25.9%

21.5%

  

Residential facility

12.0%

13.1%

13.5%

10.0%

11.2%

  

 Community/multi-purpose facility

11.5%

11.7%

10.8%

15.3%

8.3%

  

 Faith-based organization

9.8%

10.7%

8.2%

10.1%

10.5%

  

 Educational institution

2.7%

2.2%

1.4%

3.6%

3.5%

  

 County health department

1.8%

2.1%

2.1%

1.8%

1.0%

  

 Tribal organization

0.3%

0.1%

0.7%

0.3%

0.2%

  

 Other delivery site

10.8%

8.2%

9.4%

10.0%

15.9%

  

 Workplace

0.9%

1.6%

0.7%

0.7%

0.5%

  

Median household income level (in $10,000 increments)

5.02 (±1.24)

6.50 (±1.20)

5.06 (±0.62)

4.71 (±0.59)

3.80 (±0.56)

9652.62

<0.001

Percent of population with less than high school education

3.59% (±7.80)

1.85% (±3.32)

2.53% (±3.81)

6.91% (±13.08)

3.03% (±5.48)

441.31

<0.001

Number of sessions attended (of 6 offered sessions)

4.46 (±1.66)

4.46 (±1.65)

4.44 (±1.67)

4.40 (±1.69)

4.52 (±1.60)

4.24

0.005

 Non-successful completion (attending less than 4 sessions)

23.5%

23.4%

23.9%

25.1%

21.6%

16.51

0.001

 Successful completion (attending 4+ sessions)

76.5%

76.6%

76.1%

74.9%

78.4%

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