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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2018 Oct 6;27(1):97–108. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4479-4

Table 1.

Study Location and Sample Participant Characteristics

Variable Number of studies (%)
Location
  International 16 (16.0)
  US 80 (80.0)
  Both international and US 2 (2.0)
  Not reported or unclear 2 (2.0)
Type of location
  Rural or frontier 4 (4.0)
  Urban 26 (26.0)
  Sub-urban 2 (2.0)
  Other 1 (1.0)
  Multiple types of locations 4 (4.0)
  Not applicable (outside of US or unclear) 20 (20.0)
  Not reported or unclear 43 (43.0)
Race / Ethnicity (only among US articles)
  White 2 (2.0)
  Black or African American 14 (14.0)
  Asian 5 (5.0)
  Pacific Islander or Hawaiian Native 0 (0)
  American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (1.0)
  Latino / Hispanic 19 (19.0)
  Other 2 (2.0)
  Multiple races a 28 (28.0)
  Not applicable (outside of US) 20 (20.0)
  Not reported or unclear 9 (9.0)
Gender
  Female 50 (50.0)
  Male 7 (7.0)
  Both 39 (39.0)
  Not reported 4 (4.0)
Age
  Focused on young adults (18-24) 0 (0)
  Focused on adults, generally 74 (74.0)
  Focused on older adults (65+) 2 (2.0)
  Not reported or unclear 24 (24.0)
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Of articles that included multiple races (n=28), most included 3 races (n=12, 12% of all studies) or 4 races (n=10, 10% of all studies).