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Table 1 Descriptive statistics overall and stratified by latent class

From: Opportunities to improve policy dissemination by tailoring communication materials to the research priorities of legislators

 

Constituent oriented decision makers (N=80)

Pragmatic consumers (N=308)

Uninterested skeptics (N=259)

Highly informed supporters (N=213)

Overall (N=862)

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%)