Table 1.
Demographic and background characteristics of participants
| Project participants (N = 231) |
Posters of two or more disclosive messages (N = 106) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| Mean (SD) | 51.58 (11.81) | 49.08 (11.35) |
| Education | ||
| Mean (SD) | 3.92 ( 1.31) | 3.96 ( 1.22) |
| Level | ||
| 1 Some Junior HS | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| 2 Some HS | 10.4% | 9.4% |
| 3 HS degree | 31.2% | 29.2% |
| 4 Some College | 29.9% | 32.1% |
| 5 Associate or Tech degree | 12.1% | 17.0% |
| 6 BA degree | 12.1% | 9.4% |
| 7 Graduate degree | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White Americans | 62.3% | 78.3% |
| African Americans | 35.9% | 21.7% |
| Health insurance | ||
| Having insurance | 91.3% | 92.5% |
| Not having insurance | 8.7% | 7.5% |
| Living situation | ||
| Living alone | 27.3% | 34.0% |
| Living with someone else | 72.7% | 66.0% |
| Perceived social support | ||
| Mean (SD) | 2.95 ( .86) | 2.84 ( .84) |
| Stage of cancer | ||
| Early (0, 1, 2) | 70.1% | 66.0% |
| Late (3, 4, or inflammatory) | 29.9% | 34.0% |
| Physical impairment | ||
| Normal with no complaints | 35.1% | 26.4% |
| Normal with minor illness | 39.8% | 46.2% |
| Needed occasional assistance | 19.9% | 20.8% |
| Disabled, needed special care | 5.2% | 6.6% |
Note. Values are either means (and standard deviations in the parentheses) or column percentages, for each background characteristic of participants.