Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of the Sample
| Combined Sample (n = 526) |
Tertiary Care (n = 402) |
Public Hospital (n = 124) |
P Value for Comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Gender | 0.07 | |||
| Male | 275 (52.4) | 219 (54.6) | 56 (45.2) | |
| Female | 250 (47.6) | 182 (45.4) | 68 (54.8) | |
| Age | 0.01 | |||
| Less than 60 | 113 (21.5) | 74 (18.4) | 39 (31.5) | |
| 60 to 64 | 100 (19.0) | 75 (18.7) | 25 (20.2) | |
| 65 to 69 | 115 (21.9) | 88 (21.9) | 27 (21.8) | |
| 70 to 74 | 95 (18.1) | 77 (19.2) | 18 (14.5) | |
| 75 or more | 103 (19.6) | 88 (21.9) | 15 (12.1) | |
| Race/ethnicity | <0.001 | |||
| Caucasian non-Hispanic | 448 (85.2) | 379 (94.3) | 69 (55.6) | |
| Black non-Hispanic | 31 (5.9) | 10 (2.5) | 21 (16.9) | |
| Hispanic | 38 (7.2) | 8 (2.0) | 30 (24.2) | |
| Other | 9 (1.7) | 5 (1.2) | 4 (3.2) | |
| Relationship Status | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 265 (50.5) | 244 (60.8) | 21 (16.9) | |
| Member of an unmarried couple | 13 (2.5) | 8 (2.0) | 5 (4.0) | |
| Divorced/separated | 148 (28.2) | 87 (21.7) | 61 (49.2) | |
| Widowed | 66 (12.6) | 47 (11.7) | 19 (15.3) | |
| Never married | 33 (6.3) | 15 (3.7) | 18 (14.5) | |
| Education | <0.001 | |||
| Some high school or less | 68 (13.1) | 29 (7.3) | 39 (31.5) | |
| High school graduate | 130 (25.0) | 95 (23.9) | 35 (28.2) | |
| Some college or technical school | 203 (39.0) | 161 (40.6) | 42 (33.9) | |
| College graduate | 120 (23.0) | 112 (28.2) | 8 (6.5) | |
| Income | <0.001 | |||
| Less than $15,000 | 166 (33.0) | 64 (16.7) | 102 (85.0) | |
| Between $15,001 and $25,000 | 66 (13.1) | 52 (13.6) | 14 (11.7) | |
| Between $25,001 and $35,000 | 79 (15.7) | 78 (20.4) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Between $35,001 and $50,000 | 62 (12.3) | 61 (15.9) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Between $50,001 and $75,000 | 63 (12.5) | 62 (16.2) | 1 (0.8) | |
| $75,001 or more | 67 (13.3) | 66 (17.2) | 1 (0.8) | |