From: A population-based survey on tanning bed use in Germany
Sample (n = 1501) | Tanning Bed users* (n = 426) | Non-user (n = 1075) | Sig. | ||||
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Variable | N | % | N | % | N | % | p |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 727 | 48.4 | 166 | 22.8 | 561 | 77.2 | .000 |
Female | 774 | 51.6 | 260 | 33.6 | 514 | 66.4 | |
Age group | |||||||
14 – 17 | 81 | 5.4 | 15 | 18.5 | 66 | 81.5 | .000 |
18 – 29 | 220 | 14.6 | 86 | 39.1 | 134 | 60.9 | |
30 – 44 | 426 | 28.4 | 184 | 43.2 | 242 | 56.8 | |
45 – 59 | 341 | 22.7 | 75 | 22.0 | 266 | 78.0 | |
60+ | 432 | 28.8 | 64 | 14.8 | 368 | 85.2 | |
Level of education | |||||||
< High School Diploma | 373 | 26.0 | 83 | 22.3 | 290 | 77.7 | .004 |
= High school Diploma | 483 | 33.7 | 148 | 30.6 | 335 | 69.4 | |
> High School Diploma | 578 | 40.3 | 182 | 31.5 | 396 | 68.5 | |
Marital status | |||||||
single | 561 | 37.4 | 173 | 30.8 | 388 | 69.2 | .001 |
married | 697 | 46.5 | 204 | 29.3 | 493 | 70.7 | |
widowed | 139 | 9.3 | 19 | 13.7 | 120 | 86.3 | |
divorced | 103 | 6.8 | 28 | 27.2 | 75 | 72.8 |