Table 1.
Demographics and Demographic Differences
| Total Sample (n=345) | Bereaved Parents Group (n=70) | Bereaved Others Group (n = 275) | test-statistic (t-test or χ2) | P | |
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| Age (years), Mean (SD) | 53.0 (14.5) | 59.2 (9.0) | 51.4(15.2) | 5.47 | <.0001 |
| Years since loss, Mean (SD) | 4.7 (7.1) | 4.6 (5.5) | 4.8 (7.5) | −0.27 | 0.7841 |
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| Gender, n (%) | 3.41 | 0.0646 | |||
| Female | 273 (79.1) | 61 (87.1) | 212 (77.1) | ||
| Male | 72 (21.0) | 9 (12.9) | 63 (22.9) | ||
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| Race, n (%) | 3.55 | 0.6155 | |||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 6 (1.7) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (1.5) | ||
| Asian | 6 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.2) | ||
| Black or African American | 34 (9.9) | 5 (7.1) | 29 (10.6) | ||
| Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 (.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.7) | ||
| White | 289 (83.8) | 61 (87.1) | 228 (82.9) | ||
| Did not respond, other | 8 (2.3) | 2 (2.9) | 6 (2.2) | ||
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| Race (white vs. non-white), n (%) | 0.74 | 0.3911 | |||
| White | 289 (83.8) | 61 (87.1) | 228 (82.9) | ||
| Non-white | 56 (16.2) | 9 (12.9) | 47 (17.1) | ||
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| Education, n (%) | 5.62 | 0.0601 | |||
| ≤ High school | 42 (12.2) | 14 (20.0) | 28 (10.2) | ||
| Some college | 121 (35.1) | 25 (35.7) | 96 (34.9) | ||
| ≥ College degree | 182 (52.8) | 31 (44.3) | 151 (54.9) | ||
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| Employment, n (%) | 1.36 | 0.507 | |||
| Employed/Homemaker | 204 (59.1) | 44 (62.9) | 160 (58.2) | ||
| Retired | 64 (18.6) | 14 (20.0) | 50 (18.2) | ||
| Unemployed | 77 (22.3) | 12 (17.1) | 65 (23.7) | ||
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| Cause of death, n (%) | 51.59 | <.0001 | |||
| Illness < 1 month | 71 (20.6) | 14 (20.0) | 57 (20.7) | ||
| Illness ≥ 1 month | 151 (43.8) | 8 (11.4) | 143 (52.0) | ||
| Accident | 49 (14.2) | 22 (31.4) | 27 (9.8) | ||
| Murder | 15 (4.4) | 6 (8.6) | 9 (3.3) | ||
| Suicide | 52 (15.1) | 19 (27.1) | 33 (12.0) | ||
| Other | 7 (2.0) | 1 (1.4) | 6 (2.2) | ||
Note: t-test was used to determine differences in Age and Years since loss. χ2 or Fisher’s exact test was used for all other demographics.