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. 2016 Jun 15;18(6):e117. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5502

Table 1.

Participant sociodemographic characteristics by recruitment method (N=361).



Total (N=361)b Newspaperb(n=30) Facebookb(n=331)
Gender, n (%)




Female 211 (58) 17 (57) 194 (58)

Male 150 (42) 13 (43) 137 (41)
Race or ethnicity, n (%)




Caucasian 327 (91) 22 (73) 305 (92)

African-American 28 (8) 8 (27) 20 (6)
Education, n (%)




<High school 15 (4) 1 (3) 14 (4)

High school graduate 104 (29) 6 (20) 98 (30)

Some college 154 (43) 15 (50) 139 (42)

College graduate 15 (4) 8 (27) 81 (24)
Annual income, n (%)




Less than $25,000 116 (32) 12 (40) 104 (31)

$25,000-50,000 168 (47) 11 (37) 157 (47)

More than $50,000 74 (21) 6 (20) 68 (21)
Insurance status, n (%)




Government sponsored 217 (60) 24 (80) 193 (58)

Private insurance 132 (37) 5 (17) 127 (38)

No insurance 13 (3) 1 (3) 12 (4)
Smoking status, n (%)




Current smoker 182 (51) 20 (67) 162 (49)

Former smoker 177 (49) 10 (33) 167 (51)
Family history of lung cancer, n (%)




Yes 63 (18) 4 (13) 59 (18)

No 299 (82) 26 (87) 273 (82)
Age (years), mean (SD) a
63.4 (6) 63.6 (6) 63.1 (6)

a SD: standard deviation.

b Note. Column percentages may not add to 100% due to missing data.