Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Respondents
| US | UK | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 51.15 (12.265) | 52.63 (13.359) | 0.3931 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 38 (31.9%) | 39 (36.1%) | 0.5072 |
| Female | 81 (68.1%) | 69 (63.9%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 108 (92.3%) | 105 (98.1%) | 0.1532 |
| Other | 9 (7.7%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
| Education | |||
| No college | 26 (21.8%) | 39 (38.2%) | 0.0152 |
| College | 93 (78.2%) | 63 (61.8%) | |
| Relationship to person with HD | |||
| Significant other | 76 65.5%) | 69 (64.5%) | 0.8762 |
| Other | 40 (34.5%) | 38 (35.5%) | |
| Health | |||
| Good | 87 (73.7%) | 52 (46.4%) | 0.0002 |
| Fair | 27 (22.9%) | 41 (36.6%) | |
| Poor | 4 ( 3.4%) | 19 (17.0%) | |
1
Based on independent t test
2
Based on chi-square homogeneity of proportion tests Skirton et al., 2010