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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Nov-Dec;104(0):493–504. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30215-7

Table 1.

Participant Demographic Information Among Total and Subsamples of African American Women

Demographic Variable Total Professional Clinic Community

M SD M SD M SD M SD
Age 44.73 12.04 45.88 10.97 45.65 13.44 41.40 11.66
N % N % N % N %

63 100 25 39.7 23 36.5 15 23.8
Marital status
 Single 20 35.7 5 20.8 9 47.4 6 50.0
 Married 20 35.7 12 50.0 5 26.3 2 16.7
 Divorced 15 26.8 7 29.2 4 21.1 4 33.3
 Cohabitating 1 1.8 0 0 1 4.3 0 0
No. of children
 0 13 24.1 4 19.0 7 35.0 2 16.7
 1 14 25.9 8 38.1 4 20.0 1 8.3
 2 15 25.9 5 23.8 5 25.0 4 33.3
 3 9 16.7 3 14.3 3 15.0 3 25.0
 ≥4 4 7.4 1 4.8 1 4.3 2 16.7
Employment status
 Unemployed 16 26.7 1 4.2 10 45.5 5 38.5
 Part-time 2 3.3 0 0 1 4.5 1 7.7
 Full-time 30 50.0 22 91.7 3 13.6 4 30.8
 Temporary 1 1.7 1 4.2 0 0 0 0
 Retired 5 7.9 0 0 5 22.7 0 0
 Disabled 2 3.3 0 0 1 4.5 1 7.7
 Student 2 3.3 0 0 1 4.5 1 7.7
 Homemaker 2 3.3 0 0 1 4.5 1 7.7
Highest level of education
 Some high school 3 4.8 0 0 1 4.3 2 15.4
 High school 3 8.1 1 4.0 3 13.0 1 7.7
 Technical or vocational 7 11.3 1 4.0 4 17.4 2 15.4
 Some college 27 43.5 9 36.0 12 52.2 6 46.2
 College 13 21.0 8 32.0 3 13.0 1 7.7
 Postgraduate/profession 7 11.3 6 24.0 0 0 1 7.7
Total household income
 <$5000 14 23.3 1 4.2 10 47.6 3 21.4
 $5000–$9999 2 3.3 0 0 1 4.8 1 7.1
 $10000–$14999 6 10.0 0 0 3 14.3 3 214
 $15000–$24999 5 8.3 1 4.2 3 14.3 1 7.1
 $25000–$34999 7 11.7 4 16.7 2 9.5 1 7.1
 $35000–$49999 12 20.0 6 25.0 2 9.5 4 28.6
 $50000–$74999 6 10.0 5 20.8 0 0 0 0
 $75000–$99999 5 8.3 5 20.8 0 0 0 0
 $100000–$149999 2 3.3 1 4.2 0 0 1 7.1
 $150000–$199999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 $200000–$249999 1 1.6 1 4.2 0 0 0 0
 ≥$250000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0