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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Law Med Ethics. 2019 Mar;47(1):70–87. doi: 10.1177/1073110519840486

Table 1.

Deliberant Demographics45

North Carolina Texas California Total
No. Deliberants 27 26 22 75
Gender (n, %)
 Female 17 (63%) 17 (65%) 12 (55%) 46 (61%)
 Male l0 (37%) 9 (35%) l0 (45%) 29 (39%)
Race/Ethnicity (n, %)
 Asian 2 (7%) 3 (12%) 5 (23%) 10 (13%)
 Black/African American 10 (37%) 4 (l5%) 6 (27%) 20 (27%)
 Hispanic 3 (11%) 8 (31%) 6 (27%) 17 (23%)
 White 12 (44%) 11 (42%) 5 (23%) 28 (37%)
Age (Mean, SD) 41 (15.60) 44 (15.40) 45 (15.46) 43 (15.39)
Education (n, %)
 High school graduate or less 5 (19%) 8 (31%) l0 (45%) 23 (31%)
 Technical/Vocational 4 (15%) 4 (15%) 0 (0%) 8 (11%)
 Some college 12 (44%) 4 (l5%) 9 (41%) 25 (33%)
 Bachelor’s degree 4 (15%) 5 (19%) 2 (9%) 11 (15%)
 Graduate degree 2 (7%) 5 (19%) 1 (5%) 8 (11%)
Poverty Level (n, %)
 Below federal poverty line 5 (19%) 5 (19%) 6 (27%) 16 (21%)
Chronic Condition (n, %)
 Has chronic condition 13 (48%) 9 (35%) 8 (36%) 30 (40%)
Children46 (n, %)
 Yes 16 (59%) 14 (54%) 11 (52%) 41 (55%)
 No 11 (41%) l2 (46%) 10 (48%) 33 (45%)
Insurance Status (n, %)
 Insured 19 (70%) 22 (85%) 19 (86%) 60 (80%)
 Uninsured 6 (22%) 4 (15%) 3 (14%) 13 (17%)
 Do Not Know 2 (7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%)
Experience with Genetic Tests (n, %)
 Yes 8 (30%) 2 (8%) 4 (18%) 14 (19%)
 No 15 (56%) 17 (65%) 15 (68%) 47 (63%)
 Unsure 4 (15%) 7 (27%) 3 (14%) 14 (l9%)