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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Dec 13;62(5):357–367. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.12.004

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of patient interview sample by Language (N = 9).

English (n = 3) Spanish (n = 3) Chinese (n = 3) Total (n = 9)

Age, Mean (SD) 33 (5.67) 46.33 (8.73) 49.66 (15.56) 43 (12.06)
Marital status, n
 Married/with a long-term partner 1 2 3 6
 Never married 0 0 0 0
 Legally separated or Divorced 2 1 0 3
Highest level of education, n
 Less than high school 0 3 1 4
 High school or equivalent 1 0 1 2
 Some college or higher 2 0 1 3
Race/ethnicity, n
aAsian 1 0 3 4
 Hispanic/Latino 0 3 0 3
 White 2 0 0 2
Years in the U.S.
 Range 11–39 20–33 3–16 3–39
 Mean 26 24.33 11.5 20.61
Language(s) Spoken at home, n
bOnly non-English 0 2 1 3
More non-English language than English 0 1 0 1
Both equally 0 0 2 2
More English than non-English language 1 0 0 1
Only English 2 0 0 2
Preferred Language with your doctor and nurses, n
English 3 0 0 3
Spanish 0 2 0 2
Cantonese/Mandarin 0 0 2 2
Combination 0 1 1 2
a

“Asian” includes 3 Chinese and 1 Filipino/Black.

b

“Only Non-English” includes 1 Hoi Ping Cantonese and 2 Spanish.