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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Educ. 2009;24(1):4–9. doi: 10.1080/08858190802683560

TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics by Study Group of Women

Study 1* Study 2


Characteristic n (SD) n (SD) P Value
Age, y
  Mean (SD) 42.4 (11.7) 48.5 (12.0) <.001
  Mode 45 48
  Median 41.0 48.0
  Range 20–86 20–101

n (%) n (%) χ2

Age groups
  20–39 y 369 (39) 338 (22) 1.40
  40–49 y 242 (26) 466 (30) 70.87
  50+ y 191 (20) 652 (42) 252.10
  Unspecified 146 (15) 84 (6) 16.71
  Full Sample 948 (100) 1540 (100) 212.20
Ethnic group§
  Chinese 302 (32) 390 (25) 11.19
  Filipino 248 (26) 418 (27) 43.39
  Korean 123 (13) 376 (25) 128.28
  Vietnamese 275 (29) 356 (23) 10.40
  Full Sample 948 (100) 1540 (100) 55.53
English as the native language
  Chinese 16 (2) 52 (13) 12.55
  Filipino 17 (2) 102 (25) 33.11
  Korean 3 (1) 49 (13) 11.23
  Vietnamese 3 (1) 8 (2) 1.23
Total 39 (4) 211 (14) 171.45
*

N = 948.

N = 1540.

For Study 1, the goal was to recruit the same portion of participants in each ethnic group.

§

For Study 2, the goal was to recruit equal sized ethnic groups with follow-up data rather than meeting the same proportions of participants as had been recruited in the earlier study.