| Travel difficulty | Concern with experimentation | Don’t want placebo | Demanding job | Home responsibilities | No interest in acupuncture | ||||||||||||
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 | N | % | p-value | N | % | p-value | N | % | p-value | N | % | p-value | N | % | p-value | N | % | p- value |
Age | Â | Â | 0.90 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | 0.063 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | 0.003 | Â | Â | 0.008 |
 ≤55 | 34 | 47.9 |  | 13 | 18.3 |  | 29 | 40.9 |  | 42 | 59.2 |  | 44 | 62.0 |  | 14 | 19.4 |  |
 56-65 | 58 | 45.0 |  | 23 | 18.1 |  | 53 | 41.4 |  | 46 | 36.5 |  | 54 | 42.5 |  | 30 | 23.1 |  |
 >65 | 42 | 44.7 |  | 37 | 40.2 |  | 52 | 55.9 |  | 15 | 16.3 |  | 33 | 35.5 |  | 37 | 38.5 |  |
Race | Â | Â | 0.018 | Â | Â | 0.024 | Â | Â | 0.27 | Â | Â | 0.42 | Â | Â | 0.96 | Â | Â | 0.43 |
 White | 120 | 48.6 |  | 55 | 22.6 |  | 109 | 44.5 |  | 89 | 36.6 |  | 110 | 45.1 |  | 66 | 26.3 |  |
 Non-White | 14 | 29.8 |  | 18 | 38.3 |  | 25 | 53.2 |  | 14 | 30.4 |  | 21 | 44.7 |  | 15 | 31.9 |  |
Education | Â | Â | 0.54 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | 0.005 | Â | Â | 0.18 | Â | Â | 0.40 | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 High school** | 59 | 48.8 |  | 49 | 40.8 |  | 68 | 56.2 |  | 35 | 29.7 |  | 57 | 47.5 |  | 47 | 38.5 |  |
 College | 30 | 40.5 |  | 9 | 12.3 |  | 24 | 32.9 |  | 28 | 38.4 |  | 28 | 38.4 |  | 15 | 19.7 |  |
 Graduate | 45 | 45.9 |  | 15 | 15.6 |  | 42 | 43.3 |  | 40 | 41.2 |  | 46 | 47.4 |  | 19 | 19.2 |  |
Employment | Â | Â | 0.24 | Â | Â | 0.037 | Â | Â | 0.100 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | 0.031 | Â | Â | 0.17 |
 Full-time | 53 | 48.2 |  | 21 | 19.1 |  | 45 | 40.9 |  | 79 | 71.2 |  | 59 | 53.2 |  | 27 | 23.9 |  |
 Part-time | 21 | 53.9 |  | 6 | 15.8 |  | 14 | 35.9 |  | 13 | 33.3 |  | 20 | 51.3 |  | 15 | 38.5 |  |
 Not currently | 57 | 40.4 |  | 43 | 31.2 |  | 72 | 51.8 |  | 10 | 7.4 |  | 51 | 37.2 |  | 35 | 24.7 |  |