TABLE 2.
Race/ethnicity: No. (%)
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Variable | White | Asian | Other | Not reported | Total | P value |
Education | < 0.0001 | |||||
Some high school or less | 50 (5) | 4 (6) | 37 (18) | 0 (0) | 91 (8) | |
High school or GED | 192 (22) | 8 (12) | 51 (25) | 3 (10) | 254 (22) | |
Some college or AA | 336 (38) | 18 (27) | 69 (34) | 3 (10) | 426 (37) | |
College graduate | 168 (19) | 23 (34) | 31 (15) | 6 (19) | 228 (18) | |
Postgraduate | 134 (15) | 12 (18) | 13 (7) | 7 (22) | 166 (13) | |
Not reported | 6 (1) | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | 12 (39) | 22 (2) | |
Income | < 0.0001 | |||||
Under $25,000 | 139 (16) | 13 (19) | 92 (45) | 1 (3) | 245 (21) | |
$25,000-49,999 | 218 (25) | 15 (22) | 45 (22) | 8 (26) | 286 (24) | |
$50,000-74,999 | 189 (21) | 8 (12) | 24 (12) | 2 (6) | 223 (19) | |
$75,000-99,999 | 78 (9) | 6 (9) | 10 (5) | 5 (16) | 99 (8) | |
≥ $100,000 | 135 (15) | 11 (17) | 13 (7) | 3 (10) | 162 (14) | |
Decline to state | 127 (14) | 14 (21) | 19 (9) | 12 (39) | 172 (14) | |
Insurance payera | ||||||
Employer | 288 (32) | 29 (43) | 57 (28) | 8 (26) | 382 (32) | 0.0685 |
Medicare | 238 (27) | 8 (12) | 30 (15) | 7 (23) | 283 (24) | < 0.0001 |
Spouse employer | 134 (15) | 11 (16) | 10 (5) | 3 (10) | 158 (13) | 0.0005 |
Self/spouse | 131 (14) | 4 (6) | 24 (12) | 5 (16) | 164 (14) | 0.0883 |
Medi-Cal | 53 (6) | 5 (7) | 53 (26) | 1 (3) | 112 (9) | < 0.0001 |
No insurance | 24 (2) | 2 (3) | 12 (6) | 0 (0) | 38 (3) | 0.0690 |
Military/VA benefits | 29 (3) | 1 (1) | 6 (3) | 1 (3) | 37 (3) | 0.7135 |
Do not know | 8 (1) | 3 (4) | 11 (5) | 0 (0) | 22 (2) | < 0.0001 |
At today’s clinic visit you are: | 0.0194 | |||||
Cancer patient | 471 (53) | 23(34) | 94 (46) | 8 (26) | 596 (52) | |
Family (support person) | 397 (45) | 41 (61) | 103 (51) | 18 (58) | 559 (46) | |
Not reported | 18 (2) | 3 (5) | 6 (3) | 5 (16) | 32 (2) | |
Total | 886 (74.6) | 67 (5.6) | 203 (17.1) | 31 (2.6) | 1187 (100) |
GED: general education degree; AA: Associate of Arts; VA: Veterans Administration.
Participants were allowed to state more than one source of medical insurance.