| BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM |
| INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2001 |
| Q18.4 HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR HIV STATUS BY GETTING TESTED? |
| DENOMINATOR IS RESPONDENTS LESS THAN 65 YEARS OF AGE |
PERCENTS
TOTALS
CATEGORIES:
VERY IMPORTANT
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
UNK/REF
AGE GROUP
18-24 92.9
4.6
0
2.5
374
25-34
90.6
6.9
0.4
2.0
731
35-44
88.7
8.4
0.5
2.4
830
45-54
84.8
10.5
1.6
3.1
781
55-64
82.1
11.4
1.3
5.1
502
SEX
MALE 85.3
10.3
1.1
3.3
1,357
FEMALE
90.5
6.5
0.5
2.5
1,861
RACE GROUP
WHITE, NON-HISPANIC 88.5
8.3
0.7
2.5
2,778
BLACK, NON-HISPANIC
89.8
5.0
1.9
3.4
201
OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP.
86.5
10.2
0.5
2.8
112
HISPANIC
78.9
12.4
0.9
7.9
109
REFUSED
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INCOME GROUP
< $15,000 92.3
3.0
0.7
4.1
248
$15-$24,999
90.6
6.8
0.5
2.2
476
$25-$49,999
88.2
8.5
0.9
2.4
1,081
$50-$74,999
89.5
7.7
0.5
2.3
626
>=$75,000
85.3
10.6
0.9
3.2
517
UNK/REF
81.2
11.5
1.5
5.7
270
EDUCATION
< H S GRAD 80.9
10.0
1.6
7.5
264
H S GRAD OR GED
89.8
6.7
0.5
3.0
1,198
SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH
88.8
8.5
0.6
2.0
801
COLLEGE GRAD
86.9
10.0
1.0
2.1
951
UNK/REF
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MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED 86.3
9.8
0.9
3.0
1,858
UNMARRIED
90.9
5.8
0.6
2.8
1,354
UNK/REF
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EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPLOYED 87.8
8.8
0.7
2.7
2,408
NOT EMPLOY
92.1
3.0
1.6
3.3
158
STUDENT/HOMEMAKER
88.2
8.3
0.4
3.1
366
RET/UNABLE TO WORK
85.1
8.6
1.8
4.4
280
UNK/REF
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--- ALL --- 87.9
8.4
0.8
2.9
3,218
| NOTES: Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers. *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent. SOURCE: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001 |