Decrease in Self-Reported Tanning Frequency among Utah Teens following the Passage of Utah Senate Bill 41: An Analysis of the Effects of Youth-Access Restriction Laws on Tanning Behaviors
Table 1
Comparisons in self-reported indoor tanning between PNA surveys 2011–2013 before and after passage of SB 41.
2011 totala
2011 indoor tanned
2013 totala
2013 indoor tanned
Chi-square
value
Sex
Female
8,316
1420 (17.6%)
8004
882 (11.7%)
10.2
0.002
Male
7,293
442 (6.4%)
7180
276 (3.8%)
9.64
0.002
Combined
15,609
1862 (12%)
15,184
1158 (7.7%)
11.37
<0.0001
Grade Level
8th grade
6,035
332 (5.2%)
6,186
228 (3.3%)
7.8
0.005
10th grade
5,389
669 (11.9%)
5,069
417 (7.4%)
8.9
0.003
12th grade
4,187
861 (19.6%)
3,970
516 (12.6%)
9.1
0.003
Race/ethnicity
American Indian
512
58 (9.8%)
501
38 (6.7%)
1.8
0.18
Asian
462
31 (5.9%)
517
33 (6.4%)
0.53
0.82
Black
399
39 (8.1%)
422
23 (4.7%)
2.35
0.13
Hispanic
2,061
146 (6.9%)
2,347
114 (4.5%)
5.43
0.02
Pacific Islander
415
33 (7.1%)
424
26 (5.8%)
0.32
0.57
White
12,724
1,657 (13.3%)
12,242
1,009 (8.5%)
11.35
<0.0001
Substance use
Smoked in past 30 days
823
233 (30.6%)
620
126 (19.7%)
7.53
0.006
Did not smoke in past 30 days
14,701
1,625 (11%)
14,533
1,029 (7.2%)
10.94
0.001
Drank alcohol within past 30 days
1,759
464 (26.4%)
1,387
268 (19.2%)
11.8
<0.0001
Did not drink within the past 30 days
13,746
1,386 (10.2%)
13,704
876 (6.5%)
10.92
0.0010
Body weight status
Normal weight
12,655
1,620 (12.9%)
11,255
924 (8.3%)
11.03
0.001
Obese (>95th percentile for weight)
1,068
55 (6.1%)
1123
60 (6.3%)
0.015
0.901
Parental education level
<High school
822
81 (11.3%)
902
60 (7.5%)
2.98
0.09
High school graduate
2,166
311 (14.8%)
2,128
217 (10.5%)
6.17
0.01
Some college
2,657
370 (14%)
2,524
227 (8.4%)
7.36
0.007
Bachelor degree
5,781
642 (11.1%)
5,453
387 (7%)
8.73
0.003
Graduate degree
2,471
301 (12%)
2,457
154 (6.7%)
9.01
0.003
Local health district
Bear River
1,745
198 (11.7%)
1,773
134 (7.5%)
3.34
0.07
Central
1,007
163 (15.9%)
964
111 (11.5%)
2.51
0.11
Davis
1,678
200 (13.5%)
590
51 (8.2%)
4.51
0.03
Salt Lake
3,984
393 (10.1%)
4,197
263 (6.6%)
7.35
0.007
Southeast
559
54 (8.3%)
597
57 (9.8%)
0.45
0.49
Southwest
1,065
156 (14%)
1,290
140 (9.7%)
2.95
0.09
Summit
424
50 (11.6%)
477
25 (5.3%)
4.02
0.05
Tooele
855
90 (10.8%)
993
74 (7.8%)
1.78
0.18
Tri-County
432
71 (19.7%)
433
45 (12.3%)
1.85
0.17
Utah County
2,177
274 (11.7%)
2,427
135 (6.7%)
5.02
0.03
Wasatch
321
40 (12.9%)
278
24 (9.5%)
0.58
0.44
Weber-Morgan
1,364
173 (14.5%)
1,206
102 (9.7%)
2.36
0.12
PNA: Prevention Needs Assessment survey; SB 41: Senate Bill 41, Utah 2012 [15].
aData provided in the table have been weighted to account for the probability of selection and the distribution of students by sex, grade, and race/ethnicity using iterative proportional fitting.
