Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Research Article

Understanding Public Views about Air Quality and Air Pollution Sources in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Table 1

Sample demographics including frequency (%).


	Location¹			Total
	Modesto	Merced	Web²	Total

Gender
Male	58 (22%)	106 (39%)	105 (39%)	269 (100%)
Female	186 (41.3%)	138 (30.7%)	126 (28%)	450 (100%)
Age
≤40	92 (26%)	154 (44%)	105 (30%)	351 (100%)
>40	152 (41%)	90 (25%)	126 (34%)	368 (100%)
Education
≤High school	127 (35%)	134 (37%)	104 (28%)	365 (100%)
≥College	117 (33.1%)	110 (31.1%)	127 (35.9%)	354 (100%)
Exposure level
High	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	130 (100%)	130 (100%)
Medium	201 (38%)	235 (45%)	89 (17%)	525 (100%)
Low	41 (87%)	5 (11%)	1 (2%)	47 (100%)

This also refers to the modality (in person versus Internet) of the survey.
²Participants who responded via the web reside in many locations in the San Joaquin Valley, including and not limited to the cities of Modesto, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield.