Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the US and European participants

	Country
	United States		Poland	Germany	Italy	UK	France
	FG	I
N	68	19	29	30	30	32	30
Gender
Males	75%	100%	66%	67%	67%	69%	67%
Females	25%	0%	34%	33%	33%	31%	33%
Mean Age
Males	42.1	46.2	44.6	44.2	41.1	37.3	41.8
Females	40.8	--	42.2	46.2	41.7	33.9	34.4
% Caucasian
Males	78%	84%	100%	95%	100%	55%	45%
Females	94%	--	100%	90%	100%	60%	60%
Marital Status
Males
Married	41%	84%	68%	30%	47%	41%	55%
Single	43%	11%	14%	35%	42%	41%	30%
Divorced	16%	5%	16%	22%	11%	9%	0%
Other	0%	0%	2%	13%	0%	9%	15%
Females
Married	59%	--	80%	10%	50%	10%	30%
Single	41%	--	10%	50%	30%	80%	40%
Divorced	0%	--	0%	30%	20%	0%	10%
Other	0%	--	10%	10%	0%	10%	20%

Abbreviations: FG = focus group; I = individual interview