Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the three audience segments, US state legislators, 2017 (N = 475)
|  | All | Budget-oriented skeptics with stigma | Action-oriented supporters | Passive supporters | χ2 p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | ||
Gender | |||||
 Female | 24.6 | 16.2 | 29.7 | 34.2 | .0002 |
 Male | 75.4 | 83.8 | 70.3 | 65.9 | |
Political party | |||||
 Democrat | 43.5 | 24.9 | 51.5 | 66.9 | < .0001 |
 Other | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | |
 Republican | 54.1 | 73.6 | 45.4 | 29.7 | |
Geographic region | |||||
 West | 24.0 | 23.5 | 23.6 | 25.2 | .002 |
 Midwest | 19.0 | 12.7 | 21.6 | 26.9 | |
 South | 32.0 | 39.4 | 32.3 | 19.8 | |
 Northeast | 25.0 | 24.4 | 22.4 | 28.1 | |
Current health committee member | |||||
 No | 61.9 | 70.8 | 39.2 | 66.0 | < .0001 |
 Yes | 38.1 | 29.2 | 60.8 | 34.0 | |
Years as legislator | |||||
 ≤ 5 | 46.7 | 51.6 | 29.1 | 53.1 | < .0001 |
 ≥ 6 | 53.3 | 48.4 | 70.9 | 46.9 | |
Social ideology | |||||
 Conservative | 45.3 | 66.1 | 34.8 | 20.3 | < .0001 |
 Moderate | 35.2 | 17.0 | 41.9 | 59.3 | |
 Liberal | 19.5 | 17.0 | 23.3 | 20.4 | |
Fiscal ideology | |||||
 Conservative | 59.6 | 78.3 | 51.8 | 35.9 | < .0001 |
 Moderate | 21.8 | 9.2 | 28.8 | 36.5 | |
 Liberal | 18.6 | 12.5 | 19.4 | 27.6 | |
Education | |||||
 ≤ College | 51.3 | 56.8 | 40.1 | 51.7 | .016 |
 ≥ Postgraduate | 48.7 | 43.2 | 59.9 | 48.3 | |