Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of African–American, Latino and non‐Latino White San Francisco Bay Area focus group participants
| Demographic characteristic | Ethnic group | χ 2 (P‐value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African–American (N = 61) [n (%)] | Latino (N = 45) [n (%)] | Non‐Latino White (N = 55) [n (%)] | ||
| Age [years; mean (SD)] | 50.6 (18.0) | 52.2 (20.1) | 41.5 (23.2) | 30.3 (0.0001) |
| 18–35 | 10 (17) | 12 (27) | 31 (56) | |
| 36–59 | 32 (54) | 13 (29) | 8 (15) | |
| 60–92 | 17 (29) | 20 (44) | 16 (29) | |
| Years of education [mean (SD)] | 12.2 (2.1) | 9.8 (5.7) | 15.2 (3.2) | 68.7 (<0.0001) |
| Less than high school | 18 (30) | 14 (61) | 6 (11) | |
| High school diploma | 28 (46) | 3 (13) | 8 (14) | |
| Some college or technical school | 8 (13) | 2 (9) | 13 (24) | |
| College graduate and higher | 7 (11) | 4 (17) | 28 (51) | |
| Sex | 1.2 (0.553) | |||
| Men | 33 (54) | 27 (60) | 27 (49) | |
| Women | 28 (46) | 18 (40) | 28 (51) | |
| Marital status | 7.5 (0.024) | |||
| Married or living with someone | 14 (23) | 14 (31) | 5 (9) | |
| Single, divorced or widowed | 47 (77) | 31 (69) | 49 (91) | |
| Employment status | 21.2 (<0.0001) | |||
| Employed | 28 (49) | 14 (35) | 44 (80) | |
| Unemployed | 29 (51) | 26 (65) | 11 (20) | |
| Insurance | 23.2 (0.0001) | |||
| Private | 10 (19) | 11 (27) | 21 (47) | |
| Public | 35 (67) | 14 (34) | 20 (44) | |
| Uninsured | 7 (14) | 16 (39) | 4 (9) | |
| Birthplace | 99.9 (0.0001) | |||
| US born | 57 (98) | 4 (9) | 45 (82) | |
| Foreign born | 1 (2) | 41 (91) | 10 (18) | |