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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2002
Q17.3 HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR HIV STATUS BY GETTING TESTED?
DENOMINATOR IS RESPONDENTS AGE LESS THAN 65

  PERCENTS  
CATEGORIES VERY IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT DEPENDS ON RISK UNK/REF TOTAL
AGE GROUP

      18-24
93.9 4.1 0.4 0.2 1.4 455
      25-34 92.5 5.0 0.2 2.0 0.3 965
      35-44 90.4 6.1 0.6 2.5 0.4 1,201
      45-54 84.3 9.1 0.7 4.7 1.1 1,138
      55-64 83.4 9.7 0.7 4.3 1.9 782
SEX

      MALE
86.7 8.2 0.7 3.0 1.3 1,853
      FEMALE 91.3 5.3 0.4 2.5 0.5 2,688
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
88.0 7.5 0.5 3.1 0.9 3,943
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC 97.6 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 236
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. 91.5 7.2 0 0.7 0.6 164
      HISPANIC 95.5 0 0.6 2.1 1.8 164
      REFUSED *** *** *** *** *** 34
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
91.1 4.5 0.8 1.9 1.6 362
      $15-$24,999 93.3 4.4 0.3 0.7 1.2 613
      $25-$49,999 89.6 7.3 0.5 2.0 0.7 1,438
      $50-$74,999 86.3 8.1 0.6 4.4 0.6 868
      >=$75,000 89.5 6.5 0.4 3.2 0.5 809
      UNK/REF 84.5 7.7 0.9 4.9 2.1 451
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
94.2 3.1 0.8 0.6 1.3 434
      H S GRAD OR GED 88.1 7.2 0.8 2.6 1.3 1,594
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 90.5 5.7 0.5 2.8 0.5 1,202
      COLLEGE GRAD 86.8 8.5 0.2 3.8 0.7 1,307
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** 4
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
87.2 7.5 0.7 3.7 0.9 2,666
      UNMARRIED 91.9 5.5 0.3 1.3 1.0 1,871
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** 4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
88.6 6.9 0.6 2.9 1.0 3,344
      NOT EMPLOYED 88.6 8.4 0.7 1.9 0.4 234
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 91.2 5.7 0.2 2.5 0.4 539
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 90.0 5.8 0.3 2.6 1.4 420
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** 4

--- ALL ---
89.0 6.7 0.5 2.8 0.9 4,541

 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, 2002

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