Table 2 Distribution of behaviors related to personal care product ingredients by latent class, SELF (2013–2018), N = 1562.

Characteristics		Classes of personal care products use
		All Participants	Class 1 Lower Overall	Class 2 Higher Nailcare	Class 3 Higher Skincare	Class 4 Moderate Overall	Class 5 Higher Makeup/ Haircare/ Skincare	Class 6 Higher Overall	p-value
	N (%)	1562	279 (18)	192 (12)	257 (16)	386 (25)	238 (16)	210 (13)
Used FF soap/bodywash	Frequently or always	24	23	29	23	22	25	27	0.82
	Occasionally	27	27	28	26	28	27	28
	Rarely or never	48	50	43	51	50	49	45
Used FF skin creams	Frequently or always	21	17	23	20	22	24	24	0.004
	Occasionally	30	25	34	28	33	24	35
	Rarely or never	49	58	42	53	45	51	41
Used FF deodorant/antiperspirant	Frequently or always	14	14	18	15	12	9	15	0.002
	Occasionally	21	17	27	18	21	17	27
	Rarely or never	66	69	56	67	67	74	58
Used FF panty liners, pads, or tampons	Frequently or always	45	37	47	45	47	51	42	0.0005
	Occasionally	20	17	23	18	22	17	27
	Rarely or never	35	46	29	37	32	32	31
Avoid products with parabens	No	83	87	88	85	80	74	86	0.0003
Avoid products with parabens	Yes	17	13	12	15	20	26	14
Avoid products with bisphenol A	No	81	84	87	86	76	76	83	0.001
Avoid products with bisphenol A	Yes	19	16	14	14	24	24	17
Avoid products with triclosan	No	91	90	91	95	90	90	91	0.31
Avoid products with triclosan	Yes	9	10	9	5	10	11	9

Values reported are column percentages, which may not add up to 100 due to rounding. Observations with missing values were not included.
P-values correspond to Chi-squared test for differences in distribution across the 6 latent classes.
FF fragrance free.

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