Table 1.

Survey respondent demographic and medical characteristics (n = 326).

	n (%)
Age, M (SD; range)	23.44 (2.92; 18–30)
Sex
Male	230 (70.6%)
Female	96 (29.4%)
Race/ethnicity
African American	8 (2.5%)
Asian	1 (0.3%)
Caucasian	310 (95.1%)
Hispanic/Latinx	7 (2.1%)
Highest level of education
Some grade school	1 (0.3%)
Grade school	5 (l.5%)
Some high school	19 (5.8%)
High school	37 (11.3%)
Some college	l33 (40.8%)
College	121 (37.1%)
Graduate or professional courses	10 (3.1%)
Employment status
Employed, full time	120 (36.8%)
Employed, part time	37 (11.3%)
Disability from work	37 (11.3%)
Student	96 (29.4%)
Unemployed	34 (10.4%)
Volunteer	2 (.6%)
SB Type
Myelomeningocele	173 (53.1%)
Meningocele	67 (20.6%)
Lipomeningocele	57 (17.5%)
Lipomyelomeningocele	14 (4.3%)
Lipoma	15 (4.6%)
Shunt present	213 (65.3%)
With revision history	164 (77.4%)
Lesion level
Sacral	100 (30.7%)
Lumbar	196 (60.1%)
Thoracic	30 (9.2%)

M: mean; SD: standard deviation; SB: spina bifida.