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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 May;31(5):313–318. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31819e40e3

Table 1.

Demographic variables stratified by sample

Variables Adolescent Quantitative
N = 37
Adolescent Quantitative
N = 11
Parent Quantitative
N = 42
Age, years , Mean (SD) 14.4 (2) 15.2 (2) 32.1 (9)
Female gender, N (%) 20 (54) 5 (46) 40 (95)
Ethnicity
 African-American, N (%) 36 (97) 11 (100) 41 (98)
 Caucasian, N (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2)
Highest Parental Education
 High school graduate or less, N (%) 9 (24) 6 (55) 20 (38)
 Some college, N (%) 10 (27) 1 (9) 13 (31)
 College graduate or more, N (%) 12 (32) 3 (27) 9 (21)
Religious Preference
 Protestant, N (%) 4 (11) 1 (9) 8 (19)
  Baptist, N (%) 9 (24) 3 (27) 13 (31)
  Presbyterian, N (%) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Pentecostal, N (%) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Catholic, N (%) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Other, N (%)
  Christian, N (%) 7 (19) 3 (27) 4 (10)
  Seventh Day Adventist, N (%) 3 (8) 0 (0) 1 (2)
  Nondenominational, N (%) 1 (3) 0 (0) 3 (7)
  Pentecostal, N (%) 2 (5) 0 (0) 3 (7)
  Apostolic, N (%) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 None, N (%) 4 (11) 4 (36) 9 (21)

Note. Sub-headers under each religious affiliation category represent write-in responses.