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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Genomics. 2014 Oct 30;18(1):26–39. doi: 10.1159/000366128

Table 2.

Community meeting & pilot test participant demographics

Community Meeting Participants n=393 Pilot Test Group 1 n=92 Pilot Test Group 2 n=95 Group 1 vs. Group 2 χ2 or Fisher's Exact p-value
Gender % Female 75.0 64.8 50.0 0.030
Race/Ethnicity % White not Hispanic 16.0 19.6 53.7 <0.001
African-American 34.0 38.0 9.5
Asian or Pacific Islander 21.0 29.3 25.3
Other Arab or Arab-American 12.0 9.8 1.0
Native American 3.0 0.0 1.0
Hispanic 11.0 0.0 3.2
NR 3.0 3.3 6.3
Education % <12 years 30.0 5.6 0.0 <0.001
12-15 years 50.0 57.8 83.2
>15 years 20.0 34.4 15.8
Age % <25 25.0 37.0 95.8 <0.001
26-35 15.0 15.2 3.2
36-45 21.0 15.2 0.0
46-55 18.0 20.7 0.0
>55 21.0 12.0 0.0
Has donated blood to the Red Cross or for medical use % 34.0 33.7 48.4 0.039
Self-rated health % Excellent 12.9 22.8 24.2 0.130
Very good 44.6 50.0 60.0
Fair 37.7 26.1 14.7
Not so hot 4.7 1.1 0.0

1 Group 1 is comprised of participants recruited through various community organizations

2 Group 2 is comprised of students on the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus

3 Computed with “No Responses” dropped (Group 1 n=89, Group 2 n=92)