Table 2.
Participant Demographic Information (N=172 Couples)
| Characteristics | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Combined Income | ||||
| < $20,000 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 6.4 |
| $20,001 – $30,000 | 15 | 8.7 | 19 | 11.1 |
| $30,001 – $50,000 | 40 | 23.3 | 45 | 26.2 |
| $50,001 – $75,000 | 47 | 27.3 | 37 | 21.5 |
| >$75,000 | 52 | 30.3 | 47 | 27.3 |
| Unknown | 13 | 7.6 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Stage of Cancer | ||||
| A | 85 | 49.4 | ||
| B | 46 | 26.7 | ||
| C | 18 | 10.5 | ||
| D | 7 | 4.1 | ||
| Unknown | 16 | 9.3 | ||
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 26 | 15.1 | 45 | 26.2 |
| Some college | 50 | 29.2 | 57 | 33.1 |
| College graduate | 36 | 20.9 | 31 | 18.1 |
| Grad/professional school | 59 | 34.3 | 37 | 21.5 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian | 147 | 85.5 | 140 | 81.4 |
| African American | 11 | 6.4 | 9 | 5.2 |
| Latino | 3 | 1.8 | 9 | 5.2 |
| Asian | 5 | 2.9 | 8 | 4.7 |
| Native American | 3 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 2 | 1.2 | 4 | 2.3 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.2 |