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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2009 Jul–Aug;32(4):E15–E25. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181a0238f

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics for entire sample

Variables n % mean (SD) range
Age 52 56.6 (10.1) 25–80
Gender (n=52)
   Male 26 50.0
   Female 26 50.0
Insurance (n=52)
   Private/Medicare 35 67.3
   Medicaid 14 26.9
   No insurance 3 5.8
Education (n=51)
   Some HS 11 21.6
   HS graduate 13 25.4
   GED 6 11.8
   Post HS education 17 33.4
   College graduate 4 7.8
Race (n=52)
   Non Hispanic black 7 13.5
   Non Hispanic white 44 84.6
   Other 1 1.9
Marital Status (n=52)
   Married/Living with partner 32 61.5
   Widowed 4 7.7
   Divorced 11 21.2
   Never married 5 9.6
Household Income (n=49)
   <$25K 21 42.9
   $25K-$50K 10 20.4
   >$50K 9 18.4
   Refused 5 10.2
   Don’t know 4 8.2