Table 1.
Participant characteristics compared with Missouri population
| Demographic Characteristics | Male participants (n=11) |
Female participants (n=13) |
Missouri* | United States | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||
| Mean age | 41 | 45 | -- | -- | ||
| Average years as a resident | 28 | 40 | -- | -- | ||
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| Less high school | 2 (18%) | 2 (15%) | 25% | 28% | 16% | 14% |
| High school graduate | 5 (45%) | 1(8%) | 29% | 32% | 29% | 29% |
| Some college | 3(27%) | 6(46%) | 32% | 28% | 27% | 30% |
| College graduate | 0 | 4(31%) | 14% | 12% | 28% | 27% |
| Refused | 1(9%) | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Job status | ||||||
| Employed for wages | 5 (45%) | 9 (69%) | -- | -- | ||
| Self employed | 1 (9%) | 1(8%) | -- | -- | ||
| Out of work | 1 (9%) | 2(15%) | -- | -- | ||
| Odd jobs/handy work | 1 (9%) | 0 | -- | -- | ||
| Retired | 0 | 1(8%) | -- | -- | ||
| Unable to work | 1(9%) | 0 | -- | -- | ||
| Stay at home parent | 1(9%) | 0 | -- | -- | ||
| Refused | 1(9%) | 0 | -- | -- | ||
| Household income | ||||||
| Less than $9,999 | 3 (27%) | 1 (8%) | 20% | 7% | ||
| $10,000 – 14,999 | 0 | 3 (23%) | 9% | 5% | ||
| $15,000 – 19,999 | 1(9%) | 1 (8%) | 18% | 11% | ||
| $20,000 – 24,999 | 2 (18%) | 0 | ||||
| $25,000 – 34,999 | 4 (36%) | 3(23%) | 30% | 24% | ||
| $35,000 – 49,999 | 0 | 3 (23%) | ||||
| $50, 000 and above | 0 | 1(8%) | 23% | 52% | ||
| Refused | 1(9%) | 1 (8%) | -- | -- | ||
*
Data for entire Missouri population