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
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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
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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
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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
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--- 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 |