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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2014 Mar 6;11(3):328–335. doi: 10.1177/1740774514522561

Table 2. Participant Characteristics.

Variables % (N)
Gender* (n=99)
Male 40 (40)
Female 60 (59)
Born in the US* (n=92)
No 96 (88)
Yes 4 (4)
Ethnic Background (n=103)
Chinese 53 (55)
Vietnamese 29 (30)
Korean 18 (18)
Age * (n=102) Mean=64 (SD=12.77)
Less than 50 13 (13)
50-64 26 (26)
65-70 25 (25)
71 and above 37 (38)
Marital Status (n=103)
Married 74 (76)
Never Married 6 (6)
Divorced/Separated 7 (7)
Widower 14 (14)
Education* (n=101)
No Education/Elementary School 12 (12)
Below High School 15 (15)
High School Graduate 35 (35)
Some College/Bachelor's Degree 32 (32)
Graduate School or Above 7 (7)
Current Employment Status* (n=97)
Employed 24 (23)
Unemployed 5 (5)
Retired 46 (45)
Homemaker 25 (24)
English Fluency* (n=99)
Not at All 23 (23)
Not Well 45 (45)
Well/Very Well 31 (31)
Years in the US (n=103) Mean=22 (SD=10.72)
16 years and below 31 (32)
17 to 26 years 33 (34)
27 years and above 34 (37)
Knowledge about Clinical Trials* (n=94)
None 62 (58)
Know a Little/Heard About It 26 (24)
Know Some 12 (11)
Know Well 1 (1)
Have Health Insurance* (n=101)
No 15 (15)
Yes 85 (86)
Regular Physician Visit* (n=95)
No 11 (10)
Yes 90 (85)
*

Note: Cells do not sum to 103 due to missing data.