Table 1.

Demographic and Barbershop Patronage Characteristics of Customers (n = 90)

	Mean (SD)
Age (years), n = 88	35 (12)
Length of time going to current barbershop (months), n = 85	49 (78)
	n (%)
Race
African American	86 (96)
Other (except multiracial)	4 (4)
Marital status
Married/living with partner	56 (62)
Other (divorced, widowed, separated, never married)	34 (38)
Education level
More than high school	47 (52)
High school or less	43 (48)
Employment status
Employed (full-time, part-time, self-employed)	60 (67)
Not currently employed	30 (33)
Household annual income level
Less than $40,000	53 (61)
$40,000 and more	34 (39)
Religiosity
Attends church or religious services at least once per month	45 (50)
Attends church or religious services less frequently	45 (50)
Frequency of visiting barbershop
More than once a week	12 (13)
Once a week	21 (23)
Once every 2 to 3 weeks	42 (47)
Once a month	8 (9)
Less frequent	7 (8)
Time spent in barbershop during typical visit
Less than 30 min	4 (5)
30 min to less than 1 hr	40 (45)
1 hr to less than 1.5 hr	27 (30)
1.5 hr to less than 2 hr	8 (9)
2 hr or more	10 (11)

Note: SD = standard deviation. Totals may be less than stated sample size due to missing data.