Table I. Demographic Characteristics of Respondents, by Medical Condition.
| CF | SCD | Diabetes | HIV HIV | BC affected | BC at risk | CC affected | CC at risk | Total | |
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| N (no.) | 102 | 99 | 104 | 100 | 50 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 597 |
| a Relationship to self (%) | |||||||||
| Affected adult | 34.3 | 36.4 | 61.5 | 100 | 100 | 0.00 | 100 | 0.00 | 55.6 |
| Parent | 65.7 | 63.6 | 38.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.5 |
| At risk | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 100 | 15.9 |
| a Age category (%) | |||||||||
| <40 years old | 55.5 | 63.3 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 8.00 | 42.2 | 4.35 | 10.2 | 33.5 |
| 40–49 years old | 33.7 | 28.6 | 36.3 | 56.0 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 13.0 | 24.5 | 32.8 |
| 50+ years old | 10.9 | 8.16 | 39.2 | 19.0 | 70.0 | 35.6 | 82.6 | 65.3 | 33.7 |
| a Sex (%) | |||||||||
| Male | 22.6 | 15.2 | 29.8 | 56.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.6 | 38.0 | 27.5 |
| Female | 77.5 | 84.9 | 70.2 | 44.0 | 100 | 100 | 57.5 | 62.0 | 72.5 |
| a Marital status (%) | |||||||||
| Married/partnered | 76.0 | 42.9 | 82.7 | 36.0 | 68.0 | 82.2 | 84.8 | 84.0 | 66.1 |
| Divorced/separated | 11.0 | 21.4 | 9.62 | 28.0 | 24.0 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 6.00 | 16.5 |
| Widowed | 1.00 | 2.04 | 1.92 | 7.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.36 |
| Other | 12.0 | 33.7 | 5.77 | 29.0 | 6.00 | 4.44 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 15.0 |
| a Race (%) | |||||||||
| African-American | 7.92 | 91.9 | 13.6 | 69.0 | 14.0 | 6.67 | 6.38 | 0.00 | 32.8 |
| White | 86.1 | 4.04 | 81.6 | 25.0 | 82.0 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 94.0 | 62.5 |
| Other | 5.94 | 4.04 | 4.85 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 2.22 | 2.13 | 6.00 | 4.71 |
| a Education level (%) | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 0.99 | 6.06 | 6.80 | 26.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.38 | 4.08 | 7.58 |
| High school degree | 28.7 | 37.4 | 18.5 | 24.0 | 34.0 | 13.3 | 23.4 | 12.2 | 25.1 |
| Some college/degree | 55.5 | 46.5 | 40.8 | 36.0 | 44.0 | 60.0 | 36.2 | 49.0 | 45.5 |
| Graduate school+ | 14.9 | 10.1 | 34.0 | 14.0 | 22.0 | 26.7 | 34.0 | 34.7 | 21.9 |
| a Income (%) | |||||||||
| <$20,000/year | 17.7 | 48.4 | 12.8 | 60.6 | 8.33 | 2.50 | 7.14 | 2.13 | 25.6 |
| $20,000–$60,000/year | 38.5 | 36.6 | 27.7 | 30.3 | 39.6 | 35.0 | 28.6 | 27.7 | 33.1 |
| >$60,000/year | 43.8 | 15.1 | 59.6 | 9.09 | 52.1 | 62.5 | 64.3 | 70.2 | 41.3 |
| a Employment status (%) | |||||||||
| Full-time employed | 54.0 | 39.4 | 53.5 | 23.7 | 66.0 | 73.3 | 52.2 | 67.4 | 50.1 |
| Part-time employed | 19.0 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 15.1 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 10.9 | 6.12 | 16.6 |
| Unemployed | 27.0 | 41.4 | 27.7 | 61.3 | 14.0 | 8.89 | 37.0 | 26.5 | 33.3 |
Generally, fewer than 2% of respondents had missing values for demographics. The exception was income, for which 6.4% of responses were missing. Those with HIV had the lowest percentage of missing values (2.6%), and those with diabetes had the highest (26.3%). BC, breast cancer; CC, colon cancer.
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Overall χ2, P<0.001.