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Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jul 27;80(3):358–363. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.06.034

Table 3.

Patient Characteristics by Patient-reported Use of a Shared Decision-Making Process for Colorectal Cancer Screening.

Patient Characteristic		No SDM N= 192	SDM N= 171	p-value
Mean Age in Years (Std Dev)		58.5 (8.1)	58.4 (7.5)	0.65
Female (%)		62%	64%	0.26
Race (%)	African American	28%	29%	0.60
	White	66%	64%
	Other	7%	7%
Education (%)	Less Than HS Diploma	4%	4%	0.70
	HS Diploma/GED	25%	22%
	Some College or More	71%	74%
Household Income (%)	< $20,000	6%	7%	0.48
	$20-$60,000	36%	40%
	> $60,000	58%	53%
Employment (%)	Employed/Working for pay	66%	62%	0.63
Employment (%)	Unemployed/Retired/Homemaker	34%	38%	0.63