Table 2.
Baseline demographic data for control and enhanced podcast group participants
| Control group | Enhanced group | |
|---|---|---|
| n | 37 | 41 |
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 39.6 (± 12.2) | 37.7 (± 11.8) |
| Gender (n [%]) | ||
| Male | 7 (19) | 13 (32) |
| Female | 29 (81) | 28 (68) |
| Race, ethnicity (N [%]) | ||
| Black | 6 (17) | 5 (13) |
| White | 28 (78) | 35 (85) |
| Other | 2 (5) | 1 (2) |
| Hispanic (N [%]) | ||
| Yes | 4 (11) | 2 (5) |
| No | 32 (89) | 39 (95) |
| Marital status (N [%]) | ||
| Not married | 19 (43) | 19 (47) |
| Married | 17 (47) | 22 (53) |
| Education (N [%]) | ||
| High school, partial or graduate | 11 (31) | 8 (20) |
| College, partial or graduate | 18 (50) | 15 (37) |
| Graduate degree | 7 (19) | 18 (43) |
| Occupation (N [%]) | ||
| Unemployed | 0 (0) | 2 (5) |
| Service occupation | 4 (11) | 1 (2) |
| Technical, sales, administrative | 11 (31) | 8 (20) |
| Professional, specialty | 8 (22) | 14 (34) |
| Executive, managerial | 1 (3) | 6 (15) |
| Retired | 1 (3) | 1(2) |
| Student | 11 (31) | 9 (22) |
| Number of years participant has owned an MP3 player (mean ± SD) | 2.0 (± 2.0) | 1.8 (± 1.7) |
| Hours a day spent online (mean ± SD) | 4.1 (2.7) | 4.7 (± 3.1) |
| Number of participants who had previously downloaded a podcast (n [%]) | 15 (42) | 26 (63) |
| Number of podcasts to which participants are currently subscribed (mean ± SD) | 2.8 (± 1.8) | 2.5 (± 1.5) |
Data are mean (± SD) or n (%) unless otherwise indicated.