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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2014 Jan-Feb;37(1):10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182a0e23d. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182a0e23d

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of Sample

Characteristics PROMIS I
Participants (%)
N = 200
PROMIS II
Participants (%)
N = 96
Child Sex
  Male 111 (55.5) 52 (54.2)
  Female 89 (44.5) 44 (45.8)

Child Age Full Sample (years)
  8-12 91 (45.5) 40 (41.7)
  13-18 109 (54.5) 56 (58.3)
  Age (M, SD) 12.9 (2.9) 13.1 (3.0)

Child Race
  White 108 (54) 48 (50.0)
  Black or African American 41 (20.5) 25 (26.0)
  Asian 8 (4.0) 4 (4.2)
  Other 28 (14.0) 12 (12.5)
  Multiple Races 12 (6.0) 7 (7.3)
  Missing 3 (1.5) 0

Child Ethnicity
  Non Hispanic 160 (80.0) 77 (80.2)
  Hispanic 40 (20.0) 19 (19.8)

Respondent’s Relationship to
Child
  Mother or stepmother 167 (83.5) 69 (71.9)
  Father or stepfather 22 (11.0) 23 (24.0)
  Grandparent 7 (3.5) 2 (2.1)
  Guardian or Other 4 (2.0) 2 (2.1)

Adult Respondent’s
Education Level
  < = 8th grade 4 (2.0) 6 (6.3)
  Some high school 5 (2.5) 6 (6.3)
  High school degree/ GED 42 (21.0) 19 (19.8)
  Some college/ technical 22 (22.9)
  degree 74 (37.0)
  College degree 49 (24.5) 28 (29.2)
  Advanced degree 26 (13.0) 13 (13.5)
  Missing 0 2 (2.1)