Table 2.
Group Key Informant (n=23) and Focus Group Participant (n=91) Characteristics
| Variable | GKI n(%) |
FG n(%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 2(9) | 28(31) | |
| Female | 21(91) | 63(69) | |
| Age | |||
| 18–30 | 9(39) | 12(13) | |
| 31–50 | 6(26) | 24(26) | |
| 51+ | 8(35) | 55(60) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 22(96) | 82(90) | |
| African-American | 1(4) | 7(8) | |
| Other | - | 2(2) | |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 5(22) | 54(59) | |
| Some college/college graduate | 11(48) | 37(41) | |
| Graduate school | 7(30) | - | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married | 14(61) | 56(62) | |
| Separated/Divorced/Never married | 8(35) | 22(24) | |
| Widowed | 1(4) | 13(14) | |
| Perceived Income Adequacy | |||
| Struggle to get by | 4(17) | 19(21) | |
| Enough to get by | 11(48) | 44(48) | |
| More than I need | 8(35) | 24(26) | |
| Unable/unwilling to say | - | 4(4) | |
| Actual income | |||
| Under $20,000 | 7(30) | 24(26) | |
| $20,001–40,000 | 8(35) | 30(33) | |
| $40,001 or more | 8(35) | 26(29) | |
| Unwilling to say | - | 11(12) | |
| Perceived Health Status | |||
| Excellent | 3(13) | 5(6) | |
| Very good | 7(30) | 23(25) | |
| Good | 9(39) | 40(44) | |
| Fair | 3(13) | 19(21) | |
| Poor | 1(4) | 4(4) | |