Table 3.

Participant Demographics

	N = 23	Mean (SD)
Characteristic
Age (years)		58.91 (11.57)
37 – 46	4
47 – 56	4
57 – 66	8
67 – 76	6
77 – 79	1
Ethnicity or race
Caucasian	22
Mixed race	1
Marital status
Married	20
Divorced/widowed/separated	3
Education (highest level)
High school	1
Some college	8
Technical/trade school	4
College graduate	10
Occupation
Retired*	7
Administrative office/manager/administrator	8
RN/pharmacy /surgery technician	5
Education	3
Other (sales, homemaker, laborer) (each ≤ 2 /occupation – concealed for anonymity)	5
Rural residency (years)a		39.5 (20.9)
5 – 14	3
15 – 25	4
26 or more	15
Time since diagnosis (years)		2.5 (1.4)
Less than 1 year	2
1 – 3	13
3 – 6	8
Breast cancer stage
0	2
I	8
II	12
IIIA	1

^*Five participants indicated they were retired but also listed an occupation so the n exceeds 23.