Table 1. Sociodemographic and family functioning characteristics of first-degree relatives of melanoma cases.
Demographic Characteristics |
N | % | Family functioning variables | N | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 313 | Total | 313 | ||
Age (yrs) | Active coping † | ||||
Average age (SD) [range] |
51 (15.6) [19–91] |
------ | Often | 149 | 47.6 |
Rarely | 160 | 51.1 | |||
Gender | Denial coping † | ||||
Female | 199 | 63.6 | Sometimes | 166 | 53.0 |
Male | 114 | 36.4 | Never | 144 | 46.0 |
Educational level | Adaptation/Flexibility† | ||||
≤High School degree | 35 | 11.2 | Mean summary score (SD) [range] |
50 (6.6) [31–64] |
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Some college | 102 | 32.6 | More | 192 | 61.3 |
≥College degree | 176 | 56.2 | Less | 119 | 38.0 |
Race | Cohesion | ||||
White | 299 | 95.5 | Mean summary score (SD) [range] |
62 (9.4) [25–80] |
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Non- White | 14 | 4.5 | High | 172 | 55.0 |
Low | 141 | 45.0 | |||
Marital status | Family seriousness norms† | ||||
Not married | 88 | 28.1 | Serious | 261 | 83.4 |
Married/partnered | 225 | 71.9 | Not serious | 43 | 13.7 |
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Same City | Family tanning norms† | ||||
Yes | 55 | 17.6 | Positive | 71 | 22.7 |
No | 258 | 82.4 | Negative | 234 | 74.8 |
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Income | |||||
≤ 50K | 96 | 30.7 | |||
51–70K | 55 | 17.6 | |||
≥ 70K | 137 | 43.8 | |||
Missing | 25 | 8.0 |
Category contains less than 3% missing values. Percents may not sum to 100 due to missing values. Categories with more than 3% missing values (i.e. income) are noted in the table.