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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Participants

From: Pediatric provider perspectives and practices regarding health policy discussions with families: a mixed methods study

Characteristics

Number of participants (%)

(n = 157)

Gender

 Male

37 (24%)

 Female

119 (76%)

Level of Training

 Resident Physician

91 (58%)

 Attending Physician

55 (35%)

 Nurse Practitioner

11 (7%)

Race/Ethnicity

 White

122 (78%)

 Asian

16 (10%)

 Hispanic

12 (8%)

 African-American

6 (4%)

Practice Setting

 Urban

120 (76%)

 Suburban

37 (24%)

Political affiliation

 Democrat

117 (75%)

 Republican

7 (4%)

 Independent

13 (8%)

 Other/Prefer not to say

20 (13%)

Voting history

 Last midterm election

102 (65%)

 Last presidential election

151 (96%)

 Both elections

102 (65%)

Public participation

 Civic mindeda

143 (91%)

  Local community involvement

111 (71%)

  Local, state or federal political involvement

100 (64%)

  Organizational advocacy

129 (82%)

 Civically engagedb

98 (62%)

  Local community involvement

50 (32%)

  Local, state or federal political involvement

67 (43%)

  Organizational advocacy

46 (29%)

  1. aParticipants were defined as civic minded if the sum of scores of community participation, political involvement, and collective advocacy (range from 3 to 12) were greater than 10
  2. bParticipants were defined as civically engaged if they answered “yes” to taking part in any activity in community participation, political involvement, or collective advocacy in the past 3 years