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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Jun;37(6):1050–1060. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.06.008

Table 2.

Full Sample and Group Frequencies

Variable Full Open-ended Closed-ended Social Desirable

N = 312 n = 111 n = 96 n = 105

N (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Women 225 (72.3) 79 (71.2) 72 (75.0) 74 (71.2)
Hispanic 24 (7.9) 7 (6.4) 9 (9.6) 8 (7.8)
Race
 Am Indian 4 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 3 (2.9)
 Asian 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0)
 Black 74 (23.8) 26 (23.4) 28 (29.2) 20 (19.2)
 Pacific Islander 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0)
 White 213 (68.5) 77 (69.4) 64 (66.7) 72 (69.2)
 Multiracial 18 (5.8) 8 (7.2) 3 (3.1) 7 (6.7)
HS Education or > 198 (64.1) 75 (68.2) 59 (62.1) 64 (61.5)
Tx for Arthritis 229 (73.9) 83 (75.5) 65 (67.7) 81 (77.9)
Tx for Pain 200 (64.5) 71 (64.5) 57 (59.4) 72 (69.2)