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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Chest. 2008 Jan 15;133(3):704–712. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-1773

Table 1.

Demographics of respondents

Characteristics (n=356) Total N (%)
Age (mean +/−SD) 58.56 (14.54)
Female (%) 233 (65.4)
Race (%)
 Caucasian 305 (85.7)
 Black 14 (3.9)
 Asian 16 (4.5)
 Pacific Islander 3 (0.8)
 Native American 16 (4.5)
 Hispanic 7 (2.0)
 Other 8 (2.2)
Respondent relationship (%)
 Spouse 153 (43.0)
 Adult Child 122 (34.3)
 Sibling 23 (6.5)
 Parent 17 (4.8)
 Other 32 (9.0)
 Unknown 9 (2.5)
Education (%)
 Less than High School 11 (3.1)
 High School 73 (20.5)
 Some College or Trade School 159 (44.7)
 4-year college degree 50 (14.0)
 Graduate or Professional School 52 (14.6)
 Unknown 11 (3.1)

Respondents were allowed to enter more than one race/ethnicity.