Table 1.
Characteristics of focus group participants from Ohio Appalachia
| Characteristics | Participants¶ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare providers (n=37) |
Community leaders (n=31) |
Parents (n=19) |
Women (n=27) |
|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 48 (10) | 48 (12) | 36 (5) | 23 (2) |
| Range | 30–72 | 21–69 | 26–47 | 19–26 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 35 | 28 | 17 | 27 |
| Male | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 33 | 22 | 16 | 25 |
| White, Hispanic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| Married | 30 | 21 | 11 | 11 |
| Separated/widowed/divorced | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Education | ||||
| <High school | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| High school | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| >High school | 33 | 21 | 7 | 7 |
| Employment | ||||
| Full-time/part-time | 32 | 26 | 10 | 12 |
| Retired/disabled | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Unemployed | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
SD = standard deviation.
†
Included young adult women ages 18–26 years;
¶
totals may be less than stated sample size due to missing data.