Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial

Table 1 Demographics of US state legislators across the three study conditions, 2021

	Intervention		Enhanced control		Control		P
	n	%	n	%	n	%	P
First e-mail (n = 6509)
Political party
Democrat	1167	48.6	1062	45.3	788	44.6	.02
Republican	1233	51.4	1281	54.7	978	55.4	.02
Gender
Female	789	32.9	687	29.3	517	29.3	.01
Male	1610	67.1	1656	70.7	1248	70.7	.01
Health background
Yes	93	4.2	100	4.7	86	5.0	.50
No	2098	95.8	2038	95.3	1622	95.0	.50
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1967	85.2	1788	80.9	1360	77.5	<.0001
Not non-Hispanic White	341	14.8	422	19.1	394	22.5	<.0001
Second e-mail (n = 6153)
Party
Democrat	1164	48.7	954	47.6	782	44.5	.03
Republican	1227	51.3	1052	52.4	974	55.5	.03
Gender
Female	785	32.9	597	29.8	514	29.3	.03
Male	1605	67.2	1409	70.2	1409	70.7	.03
Health background
Yes	93	4.3	87	4.8	84	5.0	.57
No	2090	95.7	1744	95.2	1614	95.0	.57
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1962	85.3	1499	79.1	1353	77.6	<.0001
Not non-Hispanic White	338	14.7	397	20.9	391	22.4	<.0001

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