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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Feb 16;19(3):746–754. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1085

Table 1.

Characteristics and 95% Confidence Intervals of the Weighted Sample (Unweighted N = 5,581)

Total Sample % White % Black % Hispanic % Asian %
Female 50.69 (49.94 to 51.44) 51.23 (50.32 to 52.15) 57.25 (52.14 to 62.37) 45.17 (40.65 to 49.69) 42.16 (32.00 to 52.32)
Married 57.20 (56.35 to 58.06) 60.31 (59.46 to 61.52) 36.32* (32.19 to 40.45) 57.58 (52.49 to 62.67) 61.08 (49.58 to 72.57)
College or greater 24.91 (24.39 to 25.44) 27.64 (26.96 to 28.32) 16.40* (13.16 to 19.64) 10.23* (7.61 to 12.84) 45.96* (35.73 to 56.19)
Family history of cancer 70.10 (68.14 to 72.07) 76.67 (74.55 to 78.80) 64.86* (59.13 to 70.59) 51.91* (44.79 to 59.03) 36.71* (24.43 to 49.00)
Ever smoker 45.65 (43.60 to 47.71) 48.68 (46.51 to 50.86) 44.50 (38.55 to 50.45) 39.99 (33.59 to 46.39) 19.66* (10.97 to 28.35)
Total Sample mean White mean Black mean Hispanic mean Asian mean
Age 44.33 (44.33 to 44.60) 46.27 (45.95 to 46.59) 43.85 (42.07 to 45.63) 36.50* (35.01 to 37.92) 38.73* (35.35 to 42.12)
Perceived health (out of 5) 3.42 (3.38 to 3.56) 3.48 (3.43 to 3.53) 3.32 (3.21 to 3.43) 3.22* (3.09 to 3.35) 3.30 (3.07 to 3.54)
Perceived cancer risk (out of 5) 2.62 (2.58 to 2.67) 2.73 (2.69 to 2.78) 2.34* (2.22 to 2.46) 2.46* (2.32 to 2.59) 2.09* (1.90 to 2.29)
*

subgroup significantly different from Whites P < 0.001

subgroup significantly different from Whites P < 0.01

subgroup significantly different from Whites P < 0.05