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]	------
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]	------
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
Same City			Family tanning norms†
Yes	55	17.6	Positive	71	22.7
No	258	82.4	Negative	234	74.8
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.