Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants According to Study Group Assignment (n=654)
| Characteristics | Instructor-led Educational Intervention (n=329) | Comparison Group (Brochures Only) (n=325) | p value |
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| Race | 0.99a | ||
| Chinese | 120 (36.5%) | 118 (36.3%) | |
| Korean | 109 (33.1%) | 108 (33.2%) | |
| Vietnamese | 100 (30.4%) | 99 (30.5%) | |
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| Mean Age (SD) | 63.1 (7.8) | 63.5 (7.9) | 0.52b |
| Range | 46–91 | 49–86 | |
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| % Male | 106 (32.2%) | 118 (36.4%) | 0.26a |
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| Mean Years in U.S. (SD) | 19.39 (11.5%) | 19.18 (11.6%) | 0.82b |
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| Marital Status | Missing 1 | 0.54a | |
| Currently married (%) | 223 (68.0%) | 233 (71.7%) | |
| Not married, living with partner (%) | 3 (0.9%) | 3 (0.9%) | |
| Single, never married (%) | 16 (4.9%) | 15 (4.6%) | |
| Separated (%) | 11 (3.4%) | 8 (2.5%) | |
| Divorced (%) | 33 (10.1%) | 20 (6.2%) | |
| Widowed (%) | 42 (12.8%) | 46 (14.2%) | |
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| Highest educational level | Missing 2 | Missing 2 | 0.30a |
| Did not undertake any formal schooling (%) | 16 (4.9%) | 12 (3.7%) | |
| Some elementary school (%) | 76 (23.2%) | 80 (24.8%) | |
| Completed elementary school (%) | 126 (38.5%) | 112 (34.7%) | |
| Some high school (%) | 41 (12.5%) | 38 (11.8%) | |
| Completed high school (%) | 58 (17.7%) | 59 (18.3%) | |
| Some college or technical school (%) | 10 (3.1%) | 22 (6.8%) | |
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| Employment | Missing 7 | Missing 12 | 0.74a |
| Employed full time (%) | 89 (27.6%) | 89 (28.4%) | |
| Employed part time (%) | 34 (10.6%) | 38 (12.1%) | |
| Not currently employed (%) | 166 (51.6%) | 161 (51.4%) | |
| Retired (%) | 33 (10.3%) | 25 (8.0%) | |
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| Insurance Status | Missing 41 | Missing 27 | |
| Insured (%) | 113 (63.8%) | 117 (66.9%) | 0.55a |
| Uninsured (%) | 64 (36.2%) | 58 (33.1%) | |
| If Insured, Insurance type: | |||
| Private (%) | 46 (40.7%) | 41 (35.0%) | 0.04 |
| Medicare/Medicaid (%) | 51 (45.5%) | 65 (55.6%) | |
| Other (%) | 9 (8.0% | 2 (1.7%) | |
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| Language spoken at home | 0.90b | ||
| Chinese | 100 (30.4%) | 93 (28.6%) | |
| Mandarin | 57 (17.3%) | 49 (15.1%) | |
| Cantonese | 85 (25.8%) | 88 (27.1%) | |
| Mandarin & Cantonese | 22 (6.7%) | 20 (6.2%) | |
| Korean (%) | 107 (32.5%) | 106 (32.6%) | |
| Vietnamese (%) | 90 (27.4%) | 89 (27.4%) | |
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| English (%) | 32 (9.7%) | 37 (11.4%) | |
| English language proficiency | Missing 4 | Missing 3 | 0.50a |
| Fluent (%) | 7 (2.2%) | 10 (3.1%) | |
| Well (%) | 12 (3.7%) | 17 (5.3%) | |
| Average (%) | 88 (27.0%) | 82 (25.6%) | |
| Fair (%) | 105 (32.2%) | 95 (29.6%) | |
| Poor (%) | 62 (19.0%) | 52 (16.2%) | |
| Not at all (%) | 52 (16.0%) | 65 (20.3%) | |
a
Chi-square test
b
T-test