Table 1.
Demographic Information for Participants
| African American (%) N = 214 |
Caucasian (%) N = 121 |
Total (%) N = 335 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | |||
| No HS Diploma | 14.5 | 5.3 | 10.8 |
| Completed HS | 23.3 | 20.4 | 20.6 |
| Some College | 30.8 | 25.5 | 28.4 |
| College Degree | 11.7 | 18.7 | 14.6 |
| Graduate Work | 3.7 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| Graduate Degree | 12.6 | 21.2 | 17.0 |
| Unknown | 3.3 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Annual Income | |||
| Less than 25K | 49.1 | 18.1 | 37.9 |
| 25K – 49,999 | 25.7 | 24.8 | 25.4 |
| 50K – 69,999 | 10.3 | 19.0 | 13.5 |
| Over 70K | 10.3 | 28.1 | 16.7 |
| Unknown | 4.7 | 9.9 | 6.6 |
| Religion | |||
| Protestant | 57.0 | 38.8 | 50.4 |
| Catholic | 1.9 | 37.2 | 14.6 |
| Jewish | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Other/Unknown | 41.1 | 23.2 | 34.7 |
| Type of Treatment | |||
| Chemo | 61.1 | 65.3 | 63.0 |
| Surgery | 73.4 | 67.8 | 71.3 |
| Radiation | 58.9 | 55.4 | 57.6 |
| Marital Status | |||
| Never Married | 18.2 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| Married | 33.6 | 71.1 | 47.2 |
| Divorced | 25.2 | 14.0 | 21.2 |
| Separated | 7.9 | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| Widowed | 12.6 | 7.4 | 10.7 |
| Other/Unknown | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
| Employment Status | |||
| Employed | 36.0 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Unemployed | 19.6 | 5.8 | 14.6 |
| Retired | 34.1 | 48.8 | 39.4 |
| Full Time Homemaker |
3.7 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
| On Leave From Employment |
3.7 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Unknown | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 |