Table 1.

Participant characteristics (N = 140)

Variable	n (%)
Age, mean (range) (year)	45.6 (22–79)
Race/ethnicity
Black-African American	74 (56%)
Black-West Indian/Caribbean	58 (44%)
Marital status
Single	49 (35%)
Married	44 (31%)
Divorced/separated	41 (30%)
Widowed	6 (4%)
Education
Less than 8th grade	2 (1%)
8th to 11th grade	8 (6%)
High school graduate or equivalent	35 (25%)
Technical or vocational school	7 (5%)
Some college	44 (31%)
College graduate	29 (21%)
Post-graduate degree	15 (11%)
Annual household income
<$15,000	25 (19%)
$15,000–24,999	18 (13%)
$25,000–34,999	14 (10%)
$35,000–49,999	22 (16%)
$50,000–69,999	22 (16%)
$70,000–89,999	12 (9%)
>$90,000	13 (10%)
Health insurance
Insured	120 (86%)
Uninsured	20 (14%)
Personal breast cancer history
Affected	94 (69%)
Unaffected	42 (31%)