Table 5 Concern about specific ingredients in personal care products.

	Black	Latina	Vietnamese	White	Mixed race
	n = 60–62^a	n = 50–72	n = 45–78	n = 59–78	n = 12–15
Avoid certain ingredients, n (%)	31 (50.0)^{L, V}	10 (13.9)	12 (15.4)	33 (42.3)^{L, V}	8 (53.3)^{L, V}
Ingredients avoided^b	Parabens Alcohol Fragrance/ Perfume Sulfates SLS Formaldehyde Aluminum	Parabens Sulfates Lead Fragrance/ Perfume	Parabens Phthalates Toluene Formaldehyde Sulfates Aluminum	Parabens Alcohol Sulfates Aluminum Phthalates Fragrance/ Perfume Dyes	None Mentioned
Would use fragrance-free alternative if available, n (%)	50 (83.3)^V	37 (74.0)^V	5 (11.1)	43 (72.9)^V	10 (83.3)^V

SLS Sodium laureth sulfate.
^{B, L, V, W, M}Superscripts indicate that percentage is significantly higher (p < 0.05) in pairwise comparison than the percentage for Black (B), Latina (L), Vietnamese (V), White (W), or Mixed-Race (M) women, respectively.
^aNumber of respondents differ by question due to participant non-response. For avoiding certain ingredients, n = 62 Black, n = 72 Latina, n = 78 Vietnamese, n = 78 White and n = 15 Mixed-Race women. For using fragrance-free alternatives, n = 60 Black, n = 50 Latina, n = 45 Vietnamese, n = 59 White, and n = 12 Mixed-Race women.
^bIngredients reported by at least two participants.

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