Table II.
Baseline characteristics of the sample
| Variable | Category | n (%) |
| Age | 40–49 | 32 (34.4) |
| 50–59 | 28 (30.1) | |
| ≥60 | 33 (35.5) | |
| Marital status | Married | 65 (69.9) |
| Single/widowed | 28 (30.1) | |
| Employment status | Unemployed | 60 (64.5) |
| Full-time/part-time | 33 (35.5) | |
| Health insurance | None | 52 (55.9) |
| Private/others | 23 (24.7) | |
| Medicare/medicaid | 18 (19.4) | |
| Educational level | High school or less | 59 (63.4) |
| Some college or more | 34 (36.6) | |
| Income | Difficult to manage | 25 (26.9) |
| It is OK | 36 (38.7) | |
| Comfortable | 32 (34.5) | |
| English proficiency | Poor | 12 (12.9) |
| Limited | 72 (77.5) | |
| Fluent | 9 (9.6) | |
| Perceived health status | Fair | 5 (5.4) |
| Good | 69 (74.2) | |
| Very good | 15 (16.1) | |
| Excellent | 4 (4.3) | |
| Family history of breast cancer | Yes | 5 (5.5) |
| No | 88 (94.5) | |
| Menopausal status | Yes | 60 (64.6) |
| No | 33 (35.4) | |
| Taking hormones | Hormone replacement therapy | 5 (5.4) |
| Hormones for birth control | 3 (3.3) | |
| No | 85 (91.3) |