Table 1.
Characteristics of Breast Cancer Survivors by Ethnicity
| No. (%) or Mean (SD) of Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Total (N =265) | Latinas (n =97) | NL Whites (n =168) | χ2 | |
| Age1 | 61.16 (11.20) | 60.38 (11.40) | 61.64 (11.08) | −0.86 |
| Marital Status | 1.82 | |||
| Married or partnered | 166 (62.9) | 55 (57.3) | 111 (66.1) | |
| Single | 19 (7.2) | 8 (8.3) | 11 (6.5) | |
| Separated | 5 (1.9) | 3 (3.1) | 2 (1.2) | |
| Divorced | 42 (15.9) | 20 (20.8) | 22 (13.1) | |
| Widowed | 32 (12.1) | 10 (10.4) | 22 (13.1) | |
| Education | 8.29* | |||
| 12th grade/high school graduate | 58 (22.9) | 29 (30.0) | 29 (17.0) | |
| Some college or Associate’s degree | 60 (22.6) | 21 (2.1) | 39 (22.9) | |
| College Graduate | 55 (20.8) | 20 (21.1) | 35 (20.6) | |
| Post college/Graduate school | 92 (34.7) | 25 (26.3) | 67 (39.4) | |
| Employment | 4.40 | |||
| Employed- Full Time | 51 (33.3) | 23 (29.9) | 28 (36.8) | |
| Employed- Part Time | 28 (18.3) | 11 (14.3) | 17 (22.4) | |
| Retired | 58 (37.9) | 32 (41.6) | 26 (34.2) | |
| Unemployed | 8 (5.2) | 4 (5.2) | 4 (5.2) | |
| Unable to work | 8 (5.2) | 7 (9.1) | 1 (1.3) | |
| Birth Place | ||||
| US | 182 (69.0) | 29 (30.2) | 153 (91.1) | |
| Puerto Rico | 21 (8.0) | 21 (21.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Caribbean | 16 (6.0) | 16 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Central America | 7 (2.7) | 7 (7.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| South America | 21 (8.0) | 21 (21.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Europe | 17 (6.4) | 2 (2.1) | 15 (8.9) | |
| Preferred language | ||||
| English | 202 (76.2) | 34 (35.1) | 168 (100) | |
| Both equally | 32 (12.1) | 32 (33.0) | 0 (0) | |
| Spanish | 31 (11.7) | 31 (32.0) | 0 (0) | |
| Questionnaire language | ||||
| English | 234 (88.3) | 66 (68.1) | 168 (100) | |
| Spanish | 31 (11.7) | 31 (32.0) | 0 (0) | |
| Health Insurance | 1.89 | |||
| Private | 38 (31.7) | 13 (25.0) | 25 (36.8) | |
| Medicare or Medicaid | 82 (68.3) | 39 (75.0) | 43 (63.2) | |
| Time since diagnosis | 1.81 | |||
| 0–11 months | 12 (4.7) | 5 (5.8) | 7 (4.2) | |
| 1–2 years | 52 (20.6) | 14 (16.3) | 38 (22.8) | |
| 3–5 years | 152 (60.1) | 52 (60.5) | 100 (59.9) | |
| 6 years or more | 37 (14.6) | 15 (17.4) | 22 (13.2) | |
Note. Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding
Frequencies might not be based on a total of 265 participants due to missing data
SD: Standard deviation
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t-test was conducted,
*
p<.05