Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Consumer Attitudes and Use of Antibiotics
Table 1
Demographic characteristic | N=12,755 | %a |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 5,501 | 49.0 |
Female | 7,254 | 51.0 |
Age (y) | ||
<18 | 1,817 | 25.4 |
18–24 | 1,005 | 8.9 |
25–39 | 3,239 | 23.5 |
40–59 | 4,105 | 26.1 |
60 + | 2,431 | 15.4 |
Unknown | 158 | 0.8 |
Race | ||
White | 10,278 | 75.0 |
Black | 1,152 | 11.2 |
Hispanic | 675 | 7.6 |
Asian | 339 | 3.6 |
American Indian | 99 | 0.9 |
Other Race | 80 | 0.9 |
Unknown | 132 | 0.9 |
Education | ||
<High school or less | 1,792 | 19.3 |
High school graduate | 3,169 | 24.7 |
Some college | 3,528 | 26.4 |
College graduate | 2,556 | 18.3 |
Postgraduate | 1,595 | 10.6 |
Unknown | 115 | 0.8 |
Income | ||
<$15,000 | 1,536 | 10.6 |
>$15,000 but <$30,000 | 2,097 | 15.5 |
>$30,000 but <$60,000 | 3,444 | 26.1 |
>$60,000 but <$100,000 | 1,969 | 16.2 |
>$100,000 | 947 | 7.8 |
Unknown | 2,762 | 23.8 |
Residence | ||
City/urban | 4,374 | 34.2 |
Suburban | 4,338 | 33.3 |
Town/village | 1,807 | 13.4 |
Rural (not farm) | 1,672 | 14.4 |
Farm | 493 | 4.3 |
Unknown | 71 | 0.5 |
Insurance | ||
With medical insurance | 10,561 | 79.6 |
Without medical insurance | 990 | 8.3 |
Unknown | 1,204 | 12.2 |
aPercentages are based on weighted population data.
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