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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Mar;137(3):758–771. doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000479932.11170.8f

Table 3.

Demographics – Socioeconomic Status

Variable DIEP
n=670
n (%)
msTRAM
n=293
n (%)
pTRAM
n=683
n (%)
fTRAM
n=144
n (%)
p

Ethnicity <.001*
South Asian 8 (2.1) 1 (0.9) 7 (2.0) 0 (0)
Asian 22 (5.9) 4 (3.4) 21 (5.9) 0 (0)
Black 13 (3.5) 7 (6.0) 9 (2.5) 5 (7.1)
Hispanic 5 (1.3) 0 (0) 2 (0.6) 0 (0)
White 313 (83.2) 93 (80.2) 296 (83.6) 57 (81.4)
White/Hispanic 9 (2.4) 10 (8.6) 5 (1.4) 8 (11.4)
Native 6 (1.6) 1 (0.9) 14 (4.0) 0 (0)

Education <.001*
Some high school 12 (3.1) 3 (2.5) 17 (4.7) 1 (1.4)
High school diploma 40 (10.5) 11 (9.2) 72 (19.9) 8 (10.8)
Some college 58 (15.2) 19 (15.8) 76 (21.1) 13 (17.6)
College diploma 158 (41.4) 42 (35.0) 134 (37.1) 28 (37.8)
Some Masters 25 (6.5) 9 (7.5) 17 (4.7) 5 (6.8)
Masters 89 (23.3) 36 (30.0) 45 (12.5) 19 (25.7)

Marital status .562
Married 280 (73.1) 78 (65.5) 264 (73.3) 48 (64.9)
Living with other 30 (7.8) 7 (5.9) 18 (5.0) 6 (8.1)
Widowed 12 (3.1) 4 (3.4) 14 (3.9) 2 (2.7)
Separated 9 (2.3) 3 (2.5) 8 (2.2) 3 (4.1)
Divorced 33 (8.6) 14 (11.8) 38 (10.8) 9 (12.2)
Single 19 (5.0) 13 (10.9) 18 (5.0) 6 (8.1)

Annual income <.001*
< 20K 17 (4.7) 4 (3.6) 27 (8.1) 2 (3.0)
20–40K 29 (8.0) 12 (10.7) 65 (19.4) 7 (10.6)
40–60K 35 (9.7) 14 (12.5) 61 (18.2) 17 (25.8)
60–80K 48 (13.3) 17 (15.2) 54 (16.1) 2 (3.0)
80–100K 61 (16.9) 9 (8.0) 38 (11.3) 12 (18.2)
> 100K 172 (47.5) 56 (50.0) 90 (26.9) 26 (39.4)

Employment .017
Full-time 201 (52.5) 66 (55.5) 168 (46.7) 41 (55.4)
Part-time 58 (15.1) 15 (12.6) 56 (15.6) 5 (6.8)
Volunteer 5 (1.3) 4 (3.4) 10 (2.8) 3 (4.1)
Homemaker 40 (10.4) 9 (7.6) 29 (8.1) 7 (9.5)
Student 2 (0.5) 1 (0.8) 2 (0.6) 1 (1.4)
Retired 57 (14.9) 13 (10.9) 73 (20.3) 13 (17.6)
Disabled 14 (3.7) 4 (3.4) 20 (5.6) 4 (5.4)
Unemployed 6 (1.6) 7 (5.9) 2 (0.6) 0 (0)