Table 1.
Demographics for the CF, IOM and FM illness groups (N = 1,212).
| CF | IOM | FM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 304) | (n = 542) | (n = 366) | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | Sig. | |
| Age | 52.10 (13.93)a | 47.26 (13.99)ab | 52.31 (12.06)b | *** |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||
| Gender | *** | |||
| Female | 81.2 (238) | 78.1 (417) | 89.4 (321) | |
| Male | 18.8 (55) | 21.9 (117) | 10.6 (38) | |
| Marital Status | ** | |||
| Married or living with partner | 53.2 (157) | 55.0 (293) | 57.1 (206) | |
| Separated, Widowed, or Divorced | 18.3 (54) | 14.4 (77) | 22.4 (81) | |
| Never married | 28.5 (84) | 30.6 (163) | 20.5 (74) | |
| Work Status | *** | |||
| On disability | 36.8 (107) | 52.7 (267) | 60.8 (216) | |
| Not working | 36.1 (105) | 24.5 (124) | 24.8 (88) | |
| Working | 27.1 (79) | 22.9 (116) | 14.4 (51) | |
| Education | *** | |||
| High school or less | 13.4 (39) | 22.9 (121) | 14.7 (53) | |
| Partial college | 17.8 (52) | 15.3 (81) | 23.8 (86) | |
| College Degree | 68.8 (201) | 61.7 (326) | 61.5 (222) | |
| Race | ||||
| White/Caucasian | 98.5 (261) | 96.6 (345) | 97.9 (320) | |
| Non-white | 1.5 (4) | 3.4 (12) | 2.1 (7) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 3.0 (8) | 1.7 (6) | 2.2 (7) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 97.0 (257) | 98.3 (348) | 97.8 (316) |
**
p< .01,
***
p < .001, Similar letters denote significant differences