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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Mar Pollut Bull. 2016 Sep 2;114(1):144–156. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.072

Table 5.

Number and percent (in parentheses) of survey participants that self-identified a given age, ethnicity, race, and state of residence.

Male Female Combined
Age
18–45 58 (22.1) 38 (34.9) 96 (25.9)
46–55 76 (29.0) 40 (36.7) 116 (31.3)
56–65 67 (25.6) 24 (22.0) 91 (24.5)
66+ 61 (23.3) 7 (6.4) 68 (18.3)
Total 262 109 371
Ethnicity1
Hispanic 3 (1.2) 3 (2.8) 6 (1.6)
Not Hispanic 257 (98.8) 106 (97.2) 363 (98.4)
Total 260 109 369
Race1
American Indian 4 (1.5) 1 (0.9) 5 (1.3)
Asian 3 (1.1) 1 (0.9) 4 (1.1)
Black 2 (0.8) 3 (2.7) 5 (1.3)
White 257 (96.6) 105 (95.5) 362 (96.3)
Total 266 110 376
State of residence
Connecticut 20 (7.6) 7 (6.4) 27 (7.3)
Massachusetts 53 (20.2) 12 (11.0) 65 (17.5)
Rhode Island 182 (69.5) 88 (80.7) 270 (72.8)
Other2 7 (2.7) 2 (1.8) 9 (2.4)
Total 262 109 371
1

Ethnicity and race “totals” vary because some participants did not report ethnic information, or conversely, self-identified for more than one race designation.

2

“Other” states include New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine