| Constituent oriented decision makers (N=80) | Pragmatic consumers (N=308) | Uninterested skeptics (N=259) | Highly informed supporters (N=213) | Overall (N=862) |
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Years in legislature | |||||
 Mean (SD) | 10.5 (9.19) | 8.65 (7.05) | 8.99 (8.20) | 9.50 (8.13) | 9.13 (7.89) |
 Median [Min, Max] | 8.00 [0, 38.0] | 6.00 [0, 40.0] | 6.00 [0, 56.0] | 7.00 [0, 40.0] | 6.00 [0, 56.0] |
Gender | |||||
 Female | 23 (28.8%) | 81 (26.3%) | 69 (26.6%) | 46 (21.6%) | 220 (25.5%) |
 Male | 57 (71.3%) | 227 (73.7%) | 190 (73.4%) | 167 (78.4%) | 642 (74.5%) |
Political party | |||||
 Democrat | 44 (55.0%) | 135 (43.8%) | 107 (41.3%) | 104 (48.8%) | 392 (45.5%) |
 Republican | 36 (45.0%) | 166 (53.9%) | 148 (57.1%) | 103 (48.4%) | 453 (52.6%) |
 Other | 0 (0%) | 6 (1.9%) | 2 (0.8%) | 6 (2.8%) | 14 (1.6%) |
 Missing | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.3%) |
Reported ever sponsoring a health-related bill | |||||
 Yes | 48 (60.0%) | 189 (61.4%) | 159 (61.4%) | 141 (66.2%) | 539 (62.5%) |
 No | 30 (37.5%) | 112 (36.4%) | 91 (35.1%) | 68 (31.9%) | 301 (34.9%) |
 Don’t know/Refused | 2 (2.5%) | 7 (2.3%) | 9 (3.5%) | 4 (1.9%) | 22 (2.6%) |
Census region | |||||
 Northeast | 18 (22.5%) | 72 (23.4%) | 59 (22.8%) | 53 (24.9%) | 203 (23.5%) |
 Midwest | 18 (22.5%) | 86 (27.9%) | 68 (26.3%) | 47 (22.1%) | 219 (25.4%) |
 South | 26 (32.5%) | 100 (32.5%) | 78 (30.1%) | 75 (35.2%) | 280 (32.5%) |
 West | 18 (22.5%) | 50 (16.2%) | 52 (20.1%) | 35 (16.4%) | 155 (18.0%) |
 Territories or Puerto Rico | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.8%) | 3 (1.4%) | 5 (0.6%) |
Educational attainment | |||||
 Less than college | 21 (26.3%) | 57 (18.5%) | 59 (22.8%) | 28 (13.1%) | 165 (19.1%) |
 College | 21 (26.3%) | 111 (36.0%) | 91 (35.1%) | 86 (40.4%) | 309 (35.8%) |
 More than college | 38 (47.5%) | 139 (45.1%) | 107 (41.3%) | 99 (46.5%) | 385 (44.7%) |
 Don’t know/Refused | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.3%) |
Self-rated stance on social issues | |||||
 Liberal | 27 (33.8%) | 96 (31.2%) | 52 (20.1%) | 63 (29.6%) | 239 (27.7%) |
 Moderate | 14 (17.5%) | 53 (17.2%) | 59 (22.8%) | 44 (20.7%) | 171 (19.8%) |
 Conservative | 37 (46.3%) | 152 (49.4%) | 141 (54.4%) | 100 (46.9%) | 430 (49.9%) |
 Other | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.6%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 4 (0.5%) |
 Don’t know/Refused | 2 (2.5%) | 5 (1.6%) | 6 (2.3%) | 5 (2.3%) | 18 (2.1%) |
Self-rated stance on fiscal issues | |||||
 Liberal | 7 (8.8%) | 31 (10.1%) | 19 (7.3%) | 32 (15.0%) | 89 (10.3%) |
 Moderate | 21 (26.3%) | 62 (20.1%) | 46 (17.8%) | 46 (21.6%) | 175 (20.3%) |
 Conservative | 51 (63.8%) | 212 (68.8%) | 190 (73.4%) | 130 (61.0%) | 585 (67.9%) |
 Other | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.2%) |
 Don’t know/Refused | 1 (1.3%) | 3 (1.0%) | 3 (1.2%) | 4 (1.9%) | 11 (1.3%) |
Self-rated health | |||||
 Excellent | 15 (18.8%) | 93 (30.2%) | 70 (27.0%) | 64 (30.0%) | 243 (28.2%) |
 Not Excellent | 65 (81.3%) | 215 (69.8%) | 186 (71.8%) | 149 (70.0%) | 616 (71.5%) |
 Don’t know/Refused | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.2%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.3%) |
How often do you actively seek out research information when working on new policies? | |||||
 Never | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.1%) |
 Rarely | 2 (2.5%) | 3 (1.0%) | 6 (2.3%) | 4 (1.9%) | 15 (1.7%) |
 Sometimes | 17 (21.3%) | 41 (13.3%) | 64 (24.7%) | 27 (12.7%) | 149 (17.3%) |
 Most of the time | 39 (48.8%) | 155 (50.3%) | 128 (49.4%) | 102 (47.9%) | 425 (49.3%) |
 Always | 21 (26.3%) | 109 (35.4%) | 61 (23.6%) | 79 (37.1%) | 271 (31.4%) |
 Don’t know/refused | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.1%) |