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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Libr Inf Sci Res. 2009 Sep 1;31(3):155. doi: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.03.004

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Age 54–59 60–69 70–79 80–89
% of participants 22 43 26 9
Ethnicity African American White Latino Other/Unspecified
% of participants 55 29 5 11
Education High School Some College/Associate’s Bachelor’s Post-Bachelor’s
% of participants 32 28 7 18
Health Rating Poor Fair Good Very Good or Excellent
% of participants 1 16 57 24
Yearly Household Income < $20,000 $20,000–$29,999 $30,000–$39,999 $40,000–$ 99,999
% of participants 21 16 12 25

Notes: Three percent of participants reported having no formal education or less than a high school education. For yearly household income, 26% did not know for sure or did not wish to answer. Some cumulative percentages do not add to 100% because missing data are not reported in the table.