Table 1.

Characteristics of Interviewees by Focus Group

	Virginia		Massachusetts
Characteristic	Women	Men	Women	Men
Number	9	5	11	10
Age range (years)	24–57	47–60	31–64	21–61
Number under age 45 years	7	0	3	4
White*	4	0	5	9
African American	4	5	4	1
Employed	3	1	2	1
Completed high school	8	3	10	6
College graduate	2	0	2	0
Income under $20,000†	8	5	9	9
Has primary care physician	6	2	11	9
Medicaid insurance‡	4	0	6	8
Medicare insurance	2	3	6	1
Uninsured	2	2	0	0

^*Three persons did not self-identify race

^†Two women and one man in Massachusetts did not answer the income question

^‡Two persons had private insurance; one woman had both Medicare and Medicaid