Table 1.
Demographic and Cancer-related Characteristics of the Samples
| Total N=159 n (%) |
Chinese N=97 n (%) |
United States N=62 n (%) |
F/χ2 | df | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 15.53 | 2 | <.001 | |||
| 25–45 years | 54 (34.0) | 38 (39.2) | 16 (25.8) | |||
| 46–55 years | 61 (38.4) | 43 (44.3) | 18 (29.0) | |||
| 56–68 years | 44 (27.7) | 16 (16.5) | 28 (45.2) | |||
| Annual Personal Income | 15.66 | 2 | <.001 | |||
| Below average | 9 (5.7) | 6 (6.2) | 3 (4.8) | |||
| Average | 50 (31.4) | 43 (44.3) | 7 (11.3) | |||
| Above average | 65 (40.9) | 33 (34.0) | 32 (51.7) | |||
| Missing | 35 (22.0) | 15 (15.5) | 20 (32.3) | |||
| Educational Attainment | 35.11 | 2 | <.001 | |||
| High school or lower | 51 (32.1) | 44 (45.4) | 7 (11.3) | |||
| College | 80 (50.3) | 47 (48.4) | 33 (51.3) | |||
| Graduate degree | 25 (15.7) | 4 (4.1) | 21 (33.9) | |||
| Missing | 3 (1.9) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (1.6) | |||
| Disease Stage | 1.11 | 3 | .78 | |||
| 0–I | 47 (29.5) | 28 (28.9) | 19 (30.7) | |||
| II | 62 (39.0) | 35 (36.1) | 27 (43.5) | |||
| III | 40 (25.2) | 24 (24.7) | 16 (25.8) | |||
| Missing | 10 (6.3) | 10 (10.3) | 0 (0) | |||
| Mastectomy | 2.16 | 1 | .14 | |||
| Yes | 79 (49.7) | 53 (54.6) | 26 (41.9) | |||
| No | 79 (49.7) | 44 (45.4) | 35 (56.5) | |||
| Missing | 1 (.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.6) | |||
| Chemotherapy | 15.73 | 1 | <.001 | |||
| Yes | 22 (13.8) | 92 (94.8) | 45 (72.6) | |||
| No | 137 (86.2) | 5 (5.2) | 17 (27.4) |
Notes. The cut-off points of average and low income are retrieved from government report for each cultural sample, which are $8,000 and $1,500 (currency rate: 6.34 Yuan = $1 USD) in the Chinese sample, and are $50,000 and $20,000 in the US sample.