Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Family History Positive and Family History Negative Women
| Demographic characteristic | Family History Positive
|
Family History Negative
|
p-levela | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Percent | n | Percent | ||
| Age (M, SD ) | (17.94, .24) | (18.02, .15) | ns | ||
| Race | < .05 | ||||
| White/Caucasian | 23 | 67.6% | 26 | 59.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8 | 23.5% | 3 | 6.8% | |
| Asian | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 15.9% | |
| Black/African American | 2 | 5.9% | 3 | 6.8% | |
| More than one race | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 6.8% | |
| Other | 1 | 2.9% | 2 | 4.5% | |
| College of study | ns | ||||
| Liberal arts | 11 | 32.4% | 14 | 31.8% | |
| Science and engineering | 3 | 8.8% | 4 | 9.1% | |
| Business | 11 | 32.4% | 10 | 22.7% | |
| Communications and fine arts | 9 | 26.5% | 13 | 29.5% | |
| Film and television | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 6.8% | |
| Family economic level | ns | ||||
| Much higher than most families | 3 | 8.8% | 2 | 4.5% | |
| Moderately higher than most families | 12 | 35.3% | 19 | 43.2% | |
| About average | 14 | 41.2% | 22 | 50.0% | |
| Moderately lower than most families | 5 | 14.7% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Much lower than most families | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.3% | |
a
T-test performed on age, and chi-square tests performed on all other demographic variables.