Table 1.
Demographic information for partners of young breast cancer survivors and partners of healthy acquaintance controls
| Variable | YP (n = 227) |
AP (n = 170) |
T-test (p) between YP and AP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race, Number (percentage) | 0.404 | ||
| Caucasian | 210 (92.5) | 155 (91.2) | |
| Black or African American | 7 (3.1) | 6 (3.5) | |
| Asian | 2 (.9) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Other | 8 (3.5) | 8 (4.7) | |
| Education (years), mean (SD) | 14.88 (2.552) | 15.32 (2.85) | 0.113 |
| Highest Level of Education Completed | N (%) YP | N (%) OP | |
| Graduate or Professional Degree | 38 (16.7) | 39 (22.9) | |
| Some Graduate School | 10 (4.4) | 5 (2.9) | |
| Bachelors Degree | 58 (25.6) | 50 (29.4) | |
| Associates Degree | 21 (9.3) | 10 (5.9) | |
| Some College | 31 (13.7) | 27 (15.9) | |
| Technical or Trade School | 23 (10.1) | 9 (5.3) | |
| High School Graduate/GED | 40 (17.6) | 25 (14.7) | |
| Some High School | 5 (2.2) | 4 (2.4) | |
| Elementary School or Less | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
| Missing | 1 (.4) | 0 | |
| Religious Affiliation, Number (percentage) | 0.225 | ||
| Christian | 189 (83.6) | 144 (84.7) | |
| Other | 11 (9.8) | 5 (2.94) | |
| No religious affiliation | 26 (11.5) | 21 (12.35) | |
| Missing | 1 (.44) | ||
| Current age years, mean (SD) | 48.04 (7.181) | 47.36 (8.625) | 0.392 |