TABLE 1.

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE

Characteristic	n (%)
Gender (N = 73)
Men	42 (58)
Women	31 (42)
Educational level (n = 69)
High school graduate/some high school	39 (57)
College graduate/some college	30 (43)
Race/ethnicity (n = 72)
Caucasian	51 (71)
African American	21 (29)
Marital status (N = 73)
Married	43 (59)
Divorced/never married/widowed/separated	30 (41)
Employment status (n = 71)
Disabled	35 (49)
Unemployed/retired	14 (20)
Full-time job/homemaker	11 (15)
Part-time job	11 (15)
Etiology of disease (n = 70)
Hypertension	23 (33)
Polycystic kidney disease	16 (23)
Diabetes mellitus	15 (21)
Other	10 (14)
Reflux/unknown	6 (9)
Type of transplant (N = 73)
Deceased donor	63 (86)
Living donor, related or unrelated	10 (14)

Note. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.