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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Genomics. 2014 Mar 13;17(2):105–114. doi: 10.1159/000358539

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of respondents.

Characteristic N Percentage/Mean

Respondent Characteristics

Mean Age (standard error) 997 41.8 (0.268)

Female 1,005 86.9%

Race (multiple selections possible) 990
  Caucasian 85.4%
  African American 7.1%
  Asian 4.5%
  Native American or Alaska Native 0.3%
  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.4%
  Other 3.9%

Ethnicity 1,007
  Hispanic 6.6%

Marital Status 1, 001
  Never Married 7.2%
  Married or Living with a Partner 83.1%
  Divorced, Separated, Widowed 9.7%

Relationship to Children in Household (multiple selections possible) 1,005
  Biological Mother or Father 95.7%
  Non-Biological Mother or Father 6.2%
  Other Relative 1.6%

Mean Number of People in Household (standard error) 1,003 4.1 (0.037)

Mean Number of Children of All Ages (standard error) 1,030 2.3 (0.036)

Education 1,015
  Less than High School Graduate 2.1%
  High School Graduate or GED 7.4%
  Some College or 2-year Degree 22.0%
  4-year College Graduate 29.5%
  More than 4-year College Degree 39.0%

Yearly Total Household Income 1,013
  Less than $25,000 7.4%
  $25,000 – $49,999 8.9%
  $50,000 – $99,999 24.9%
  More or equal to $100,000 44.5%
  Prefer not to answer 14.3%

Insurance 1,037
  Private 70.8%
  Public 15.2%
  No insurance/Missing value to insurance specification question 14.0%

Routine Access to Computer with Internet 1,007 97.3%