Women’s Attitudes and Health Beliefs toward Osteoporosis Screening in a Community Pharmacy

Table 2

Study sample characteristics.

Sample characteristics^a	Frequency (𝑛=109) (%)
Ethnicity, no. (%)^b
Caucasians	62 (56.9%)
Asians	22 (20.2%)
African-American	11 (10.1%)
Age, no. (%)^b
18–30 years	41 (37.6%)
31–50 years	31 (28.4%)
>60 years	27 (24.8%)
Education, no. (%)^b
Some years of college	31 (28.4%)
Four years of college	27 (24.8%)
Graduate degree	36 (33.0%)
Marital status, no. (%)^b
Single	43 (39.4%)
Married	51 (46.8%)
Widowed	11 (10.1%)
Health Insurance, no. (%)^b
Medicaid	6 (5.5%)
Medicare	14 (12.8%)
Private insurance	73 (67%)
Heard about BMD testing prior to this survey, no. (%)^b
Yes	77 (70.6%)
No	32 (29.4%)
Received BMD testing in a pharmacy, no. (%)^b
Yes	10 (9.2%)
No	99 (90.8%)

aOnly top three major findings per demographic variable are reported in the table.
^bPercentages do not sum to 100 due to missing data.