Table 2.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study Participants (n = 5,301)
| Gender | |
| Female | 3,134 (59.1 %) |
| Male | 2,133 (40.2 %) |
| Missing | 34 (0.6 %) |
| Age at Cancer Diagnosis | |
| 21–49 | 1,177 (22.2 %) |
| 50–64 | 1,947 (36.7 %) |
| 65–84 | 2,143 (40.4 %) |
| Missing | 34 (0.6 %) |
| Ethnicity, Race | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,203 (41.6 %) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,081 (20.4 %) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander | 879 (16.6 %) |
| Hispanic, any race | 1,006 (19.0 %) |
| Other | 128 (2.4 %) |
| Missing | 4 (0.1 %) |
| Survey Language | |
| Chinese | 136 (2.6 %) |
| English | 4,843 (91.4 %) |
| Spanish | 322 (6.1 %) |
| Highest Education | |
| < High School | 923 (17.4 %) |
| High School Diploma or GED | 1,012 (19.1 %) |
| Some college | 1,714 (32.3 %) |
| College degree | 957 (18.1 %) |
| Advanced degree | 627 (11.8 %) |
| Missing | 68 (1.3 %) |
| Cancer Diagnosis | |
| Breast | 1,586 (29.9 %) |
| Prostate | 1,126 (21.2 %) |
| Colorectal | 896 (16.9 %) |
| Lung | 684 (12.9 %) |
| Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma | 445 (8.4 %) |
| Uterine | 382 (7.2 %) |
| Cervical | 148 (2.8 %) |
| Missing | 34 (0.6 %) |
| Help Answering Survey Questions | |
| I answered all of the questions with no help | 4,421 (83.4 %) |
| My parent, guardian, spouse, child or significant other helped me with some or all of the questions | 744 (14.0 %) |
| Missing | 136 (2.6 %) |