Confronting the opioid epidemic: public opinion toward the expansion of treatment services in Virginia

Health & Justice

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents (N = 788)

Characteristic	Sample Percentage
Sex
Male	47.7
Female	52.3
Race
White	73.4
Minority	21.1
Ethnicity
Hispanic	2.8
Non-Hispanic	94.8
Education
High school graduate or less	19.8
Post secondary education	77.8
Political Party Affiliation
Democrat	33.0
Republican	24.5
Independent	33.1

Note. 5.6%, 2.4%, and 2.4% of the sample did not know or refused to identify race, ethnicity, and educational attainment, respectively. As for political party affiliation, 9.4% of the sample identified as something else, did not know, or refused to identify their party affiliation

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