Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Participants
| Participants, No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | African American (n=140) | White (n=50) | P Value | |
| Sex | ||||
| M | 14 (10.2) | 9 (18.0) | ||
| F | 123 (89.8) | 41 (82.0) | ||
| Age, y | ||||
| <20 | 13 (10.2) | 2 (4.1) | ||
| 20–29 | 69 (54.3) | 24 (49.0) | ||
| ≥30 | 45 (35.4) | 23 (46.9) | ||
| Education | ||||
| <High school | 27 (20.6) | 7 (14.6) |  |
.008a |
| High school graduate | 34 (26.0) | 16 (33.3) | ||
| Some college, 1–3 y | 59 (45.0) | 13 (27.1) | ||
| College graduate | 11 (8.4) | 12 (25.0) | ||
| Employed | ||||
| Yes | 72 (56.3) | 32 (68.1) | ||
| No | 56 (43.8) | 15 (31.9) | ||
| Income, $ | ||||
| <10 000 | 35 (39.3) | 6 (15.0) |  |
.01a |
| 10 000–19 999 | 22 (24.7) | 11 (27.5) | ||
| 20 000–29 999 | 19 (21.3) | 9 (22.5) | ||
| ≥30 000 | 13 (14.6) | 14 (35.0) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Not married | 93 (72.1) | 20 (42.6) |  |
.001b |
| Married or living with partner | 36 (27.9) | 27 (57.4) | ||
| No. of children in household | ||||
| 0–1 | 43 (32.6) | 19 (38.0) | ||
| 2 | 36 (27.3) | 18 (36.0) | ||
| 3 | 27 (20.5) | 10 (20.0) | ||
| ≥4 | 26 (19.7) | 3 (6.0) | ||
a
χ2 Test.
b
Fisher exact test.