Table 1.

Participant characteristics by rural-urban residence

	Rural (n=56)	Urban (n=535)	Total (N=591)	p
Age, years (M±SD)	66.7±11.5	65.8±11.6	65.9±11.6	.534
BMI, kg/m2 (M±SD)	31.0±9.1	31.1±8.2	31.1±8.3	.886
Sex (N, %)
Male	24, 42.9	192, 35.9	216, 36.5	.303
Female	32, 57.1	343, 64.1	375, 63.5
Marital Status (N, %)				.976
Married/Living with Partner	38, 69.1	361, 68.9	399, 68.9
Not Married	17, 30.9	163, 31.1	180, 31.1
Hispanic (N, %)	1, 1.9	19, 3.7	20, 3.5	.710*
Race (N, %)				.306
White	53, 96.4	474, 91.9	527, 92.3
Black or African American	0, 0.0	21, 4.1	21, 3.7
Other	2, 3.6	21, 4.1	23, 4.0
Education (N, %)				.340
≤ High school or GED	28, 50.0	210, 39.8	238, 40.8
Some college	12, 21.4	136, 25.8	148, 25.4
≥ 4-year college degree	16, 28.6	181, 34.3	197, 33.8
Annual Income (N, %)				.130
< $35,00	22, 44.9	164, 37.2	186, 38.0
$35,000 to $74,999	18, 36.7	134, 30.4	152, 31.0
≥ $75,000	9, 18.4	143, 32.4	152, 31.0
Employment status (N, %)				.075
Employed	5, 16.1	119, 36.1	124, 34.3
Unemployed	4, 12.9	39, 11.8	43, 11.9
Retired	22, 71.0	172, 52.1	194, 53.7
Cancer Type (N, %)				.345
Breast	8, 14.3	137, 25.6	145, 24.5
Lung	11, 19.6	70, 13.1	81, 13.7
Colorectal	11, 19.6	97, 18.1	108, 18.3
Prostate	13, 23.2	110, 20.6	123, 20.8
Gynecologic	13, 23.2	121, 22.6	134, 22.7
Meeting Physical Activity				.047
Recommendations (N, %)
Neither	23, 56.1	172, 41.7	195, 43.0
Aerobic	7, 17.1	138, 33.5	145, 32.0
Muscle-strengthening	5, 12.2	23, 5.6	28, 6.2
Both	6, 14.6	79, 19.2	85, 18.8
Unhealthy Days in Past Month (N, %)
Poor physical health ≥ 7 days	13, 28.9	111, 23.9	124, 24.3	.454
Poor mental health ≥ 7 days	5, 10.6	95, 19.8	100, 18.9	.128
Poor physical or mental health impeded usual activities ≥ 7 days	10, 19.6	81, 16.1	91, 16.5	.524

^*Fisher’s exact