TABLE 2—
Sociodemographic and Other Characteristics of Breast Cancer Participants: Greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA, July 21, 2008–March 13, 2009
| Category | No. (%) or Mean (Range) |
| Data collection method | |
| One-on-one interviews | 23 (38.3) |
| Focus group | 37 (61.7) |
| Nativity | |
| Foreign-born | 31 (51.7) |
| US-born | 29 (48.3) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 45 (75.0) |
| Not married (separate, divorced, widowed, and never married)a | 15 (25.0) |
| Educational level | |
| ≤ 12 y or vocational or technical schoola | 15 (25.0) |
| Some college | 32 (53.3) |
| Postcollege | 13 (21.7) |
| Current employment | |
| Employed | 19 (31.7) |
| Unemployed (student, homemaker and unemployed)a | 16 (26.7) |
| Retired | 25 (41.7) |
| Insurance status | |
| Medicare, MediCal, or uninsured a | 12 (20.3) |
| Medigap | 19 (31.7) |
| Private | 32 (53.3) |
| Years since diagnosis | |
| 1 | 18 (30.0) |
| 2–3 | 42 (70.0) |
| Household annual income, $ | |
| < 30 000 | 15 (25.0) |
| 30 000–59 999 | 9 (15.0) |
| 60 000–79 999 | 5 (8.3) |
| ≥ 80 000 | 18 (30.0) |
| Don’t know or refused | 13 (21.6) |
| Stage at diagnosis | |
| I | 34 (56.7) |
| II | 20 (33.3) |
| III and IV | 6 (10.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| African American | 9 (15.0) |
| Latina | 8 (13.3) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 9 (15.0) |
| Chinese—Cantonese speaker | 8 (13.3) |
| Chinese—Mandarin speaker | 9 (15.0) |
| Japanese | 9 (15.0) |
| Other Asians (Filipina, Asian Indian, and Vietnamese)a | 8 (13.3) |
| Age at diagnosis, y | |
| African American | 63.2 (51–73) |
| Latina | 63.6 (41–81) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 65.6 (42–79) |
| Chinese—Cantonese speaker | 61.3 (36–78) |
| Chinese—Mandarin speaker | 54.3 (45–71) |
| Japanese | 56.1 (36–84) |
| Other Asians (Filipina, Asian Indian, and Vietnamese)a | 57.8 (40–74) |
a
Data were merged in accordance with cancer registry guidelines requiring that all cells have at least 5 counts.