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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2011 May;30(3):285–294. doi: 10.1037/a0021980

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics.

Variable Total Participant Sample (N=181) Peer Mentors (n=9)
Mean Age in Years (SD) 59.1 (6.1) 64.4 (5.8)
Mean Years of Education (SD) 15.6 (2.6) 17.0 (1.0)
% Women 65.8% 88.9%
Marital Status
 Married/Cohabitating 59.8% 55.6%
 Divorced/Separated 26.8% 22.2%
 Never Married 8.9% 11.1%
 Widowed 4.5% 11.1%
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White/Caucasian 67.4% 88.9%
 Latino/Hispanic 15.2% 11.1%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 13.5% ------
Employment Status
 Employed outside the home 70.8% 11.1%
 Retired 16.0% 77.8%
 Unemployed, seeking work 8.6% 0%
 Homemaker, student, volunteer 4.6% 11.1%