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. 2015 Aug 21;19(5):1071–1083. doi: 10.1111/hex.12398

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the included sample compared to the excluded sample

Demographic characteristics Included (% of 402) Excluded (% of 2599) Sample comparison
Sex
Male 37.6 41.1 χ2(1) = 1.84
Female 62.4 58.9 = 0.175
Race
White 66.1 67.4
Black or African American 23.2 25.0
Asian or Pacific Islander 5.1 2.2
Mixed race 2.6 2.1
Native American/American Indian 1.0 1.2
Other 2.0 2.1 = 0.067a
Ethnicity
Hispanic 15.6 16.7 χ2(1) = 0.31
Not Hispanic 84.4 83.3 = 0.574
Family income of 2009
Less than 20 000 19.2 29.2
20 000–40 000 20.3 25.4
40 000–75 000 29.7 23.0 χ2(3) = 29.18
75 000 or higher 30.8 22.4 = 0.000
Education
Not finish high school 5.5 15.7
High school degree 25.3 32.3
Some vocational school or college 29.9 22.8
College degree or higher 38.8 28.6
Do not Know/Refuse 0.5 0.6 = 0.000a
Age group
18–24 years 30.6 9.1
25–44 years 48.2 24.5
45–64 years 18.4 38.8
65–95 years 2.8 27.5
Do not Know/Refuse 0 0.1 = 0.000a
a

Fisher's exact test was used for variables where at least one cell had an expected frequency of five or less, which violates the assumption of the chi‐square test. Fisher's exact test has no such assumption and thus was used as the appropriate test for these cases. Fisher's exact test does not have a test statistic and only yields the P‐value.