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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2014;19(0 2):267–284. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2014.936569

Table 1.

Sample characteristics (N=560)

Variables n (%) Mean ± SD
Age, years (range=21–65) 46.0 ± 8.6
  20–30s 145 (25.9)
  40s 199 (35.5)
  50–60s 216 (38.6)
Marital status
  Married/Partnered 480 (85.7)
  Separated/Widowed/Divorced 61 (10.9)
  Never married 19 (3.4)
Years of education (range=4–24) 14.6 ± 2.7
  ≤High school graduate 197 (35.2)
  Some college+ 363 (64.8)
Employment
  Working full- or part-time 336 (60.0)
  Unemployed or retired 224 (40.0)
Length of stay in the US, years (range=0.1–62.3) 16.5 ± 9.7
  <10 yrs 166 (29.6)
  10–19 yrs 193 (34.5)
  20–29 yrs 140 (25.0)
  30+ yrs 61 (10.9)
Income level
  Very comfortable/Comfortable 150 (26.8)
  Just OK 193 (34.5)
  Uncomfortable/Very uncomfortable 217 (38.7)
Have health insurance 212 (37.9)
Have primary care physician 193 (34.5)
English proficiency (range=1–4) 2.7 ± 0.9
  Not at all/Poor 227 (40.5)
  Fair 202 (36.1)
  Fluent 131 (23.4)