Table 2.
Characteristic | |
---|---|
Age (years) | |
Mean, SD | 46 (12) |
Median | 48 |
Range | 21–65 |
Interquartile range | 19 |
Gender | |
Female | 236 (51.4) |
Male | 221 (48.1) |
Transgender | 2 (0.4) |
Race/Ethnicity | |
Black/African American | 238 (51.0) |
White/Caucasian | 88 (19.1) |
Hispanic | 93 (20.2) |
Other | 38 (8.2) |
Don’t Know/Refused | 2 (0.4) |
Primary language | |
English | 359 (78.2) |
Spanish | 39 (8.5) |
Other | 61 (13.3) |
Country of birth | |
U.S. | 296 (64.5) |
Other | 163 (35.5) |
Education (highest level completed) | |
Less than HS | 64 (13.9) |
HS grad or GED | 166 (36.2) |
Some college or trade school | 116 (25.3) |
College degree (4-year) | 90 (19.6) |
Graduate school | 23 (5.0) |
Health Literacy1 | |
Below high school | 188 (41.0) |
High school or greater | 271 (59.0) |
Employment | |
Employed | 170 (37.0) |
Unemployed | 288 (62.7) |
Don’t know/Refused | 1 (0.2) |
1Based on REALM-Short Form at Site A and full REALM at Site B. Standard cutoffs applied to determine education level in terms of years of completed schooling