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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cult Health Sex. 2011 May;13(5):545–559. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2011.556201

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Focus Group (FG) Participants

Characteristic Total Sample
(N = 41)
FG 1
(n = 6)
FG 2
(n = 8)
FG 3
(n = 6)
FG 4
(n = 6)
FG 5
(n = 8)
FG 6
(n = 7)

No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Age Range 19-51 21-44 19-40 21-44 24-39 26-51 33-44
Age Mean 33.68 32.50 31.00 30.17 30.83 38.25 38.00
Age SD 8.149 10.387 8.000 10.265 6.178 8.681 4.397
Annual income range
 Less than $9,999 15(37%) 4(67%) 3(38%) 3(50%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 5(71%)
 $10,000 to $19,999 7(17%) 0(0%) 1(12%) 1(17%) 0(0%) 5(63%) 0(0%)
 $20,000 to $39,999 13(32%) 2(33%) 2(25%) 0(0%) 4(67%) 3(38%) 2(29%)
 $40,000 to $59,999 5(12%) 0(0%) 2(25%) 2(33%) 1(17%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
Employment status
 Work full-time 12(29%) 2(33%) 1(12%) 2(33%) 5(83%) 2(25%) 0(0%)
 Work part-time 11(27%) 3(50%) 1(12%) 2(33%) 1(17%) 3(38%) 1(14%)
 Unemployed 12(29%) 1(17%) 2(25%) 1(17%) 0(0%) 3(38%) 5(71%)
 Disability 5(12%) 0(0%) 3(38%) 1(17%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(14%)
 Other 1(12%)
Highest level of education
 Some high school 6(15%) 0(0%) 1(12%) 3(50%) 0(0%) 1(12%) 1(14%)
 High school graduate/GED 16(39%) 5(83%) 4(50%) 1(17%) 1(17%) 3(38%) 2(29%)
 Some college/professional training 15(37%) 1(17%) 2(25%) 2(33%) 3(50%) 3(38%) 4(57%)
 College degree 3(7%) 0(0%) 1(12%) 0(0%) 2(33%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
 Some Master’s Work 1(12%)
 Master’s degree 1(2%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%)