Table II.

Participant Demographic Information (Group 1 = Original & Lexical Simplified Documents, Group 2: Coherence Enhanced Original & Coherence Enhanced Lexical Simplified Documents)

Characteristic	All Participants		Group 1		Group 2
	N = 187	(%)	N = 93	(%)	N = 94	(%)
Age
20 or younger	13	(7)	4	(4)	9	(10)
21–30	83	(44)	41	(44)	42	(45)
31–40	44	(23)	26	(28)	18	(19)
41–50	22	(12)	12	(13)	10	(11)
51–60	16	(9)	7	(8)	9	(10)
61–70	9	(5)	3	(3)	6	(6)
71 or older	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gender
Female	119	(64)	55	(59)	64	(68)
Male	68	(36)	38	(41)	30	(32)
Race (Multiple choices allowed)
American Indian/Native Alaskan	1	(.5)	-	-	1	(1)
Asian	31	(17)	15	(16)	16	(117)
Black or African American	12	(6)	3	(3)	9	(10)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	(1.5)	-	-	3	(3)
White	142	(76)	75	(81)	67	(71)
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	14	(8)	4	(4)	10	(11)
Not Hispanic or Latino	173	(92)	89	(96)	84	(89)
Location
North America	162	(87)	82	(88)	80	(85)
South America	-		-	-	-	-
Africa	1	(.5)	-	-	1	(1)
Europe	4	(2)	-	-	4	(4)
Asia	20	(11)	11	(12)	9	(10)
Australia or Oceania	-		-	-	-	-
Education (Highest Completed)
Less than High School	4	(2)	4	(4)	-	-
High School Diploma	68	(36)	29	(31)	39	(41)
Associate’s Degree	30	(16)	17	(18)	13	(14)
Bachelor’s Degree	57	(31)	26	(28)	31	(33)
Master’s Degree	23	(12)	13	(14)	10	(11)
Doctorate	5	(3)	4	(4)	1	(1)
Language Skills (Frequency of Speaking English at Home)
Never English	2	(1)	-	-	2	(2)
Rarely English	10	(5)	5	(5)	5	(5)
Half English	15	(8)	8	(9)	7	(7)
Mostly English	13	(7)	7	(8)	6	(6)
Only English	147	(79)	73	(78)	74	(79)