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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2009 Feb 15;151C(1):13–21. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30194

TABLE I.

Sociodemographics and Psychological Characteristics (n = 99)

Variable Percent or mean (SD)
Sex (female) 65%
Education
 High school or less 39%
 Some college or technical school/technical school graduate 43%
 College graduate or higher 18%
Marital Status
 Married/living as married 56%
 Separated, divorced, widowed, never been married 44%
 Household Income (≥$30,000) 61%
 First-degree relative with breast or ovarian cancer 44%
Self-reported health status
 Excellent 14%
 Very good 36%
 Good 31%
 Fair/poor 19%
Perceived risk of carrying a deleterious BRCA1 mutation
 Likely/very likely 24%
Perceived familial cancer risk
 Likely/very likely 52%
Perceived control
 Agree/strongly agree 71%
Perceived coping self-efficacy
 Agree/strongly agree 58%
Mean age, years (SD) 40 (14.2)
Mean CESD score (SD) 11 (9.9)
Mean cancer worry (SD) 8 (2.4)