Table 1.

Characteristics of the Respondents and Their Network Members

	Mean (SD)	Range
Respondent characteristics (N = 206)
Social network size	9.95 (5.35)	2–36
Age	43.83 (14.64)	18–83
60 years or older	18.9%
Female	59.7%
Marrieda	68.9%
High-school diploma or lowerb	16.2%
Vocational school/some collegeb	20.4%
College degreeb	33.1%
Graduate degreeb	30.3%
Employed full timeb	61.3%
Have health insuranceb	91.5%
Have cancer historyb	27.9%
Risk level: have mutation	24.8%
Risk level: no mutation	34.5%
Risk level: at risk (not tested)	16.0%
Risk level: not at risk	24.7%
Alter characteristics (N = 2,051)
Age	43.39 (20.87)	<1–94
60 years or older	24.9%
Female	53.5%
Risk level: have mutation	14.3%
Risk level: no mutation	10.6%
Risk level: at risk (not tested)	18.4%
Risk level: not at risk	56.7%
Spouse/significant others	8.1%
Biological family	72.5%
Nonbiological family	14.3%
Nonfamily	5.0%

Notes: ^aInformation available for 180 respondents.

^bInformation available for 142 respondents.