Table 1.
Demographic data of participants with multiple sclerosis (n=1019).
| (n) | 72 | 173 | 267 | 340 | 167 |
| Age group (years) | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | >65 |
| Femalean (%) | 63 (85) | 141 (82) | 216 (81) | 274 (81) | 116 (69) |
| Hispanic/Latino n (%) | 4 (6) | 11 (6) | 6 (2) | 14 (4) | 1 (1) |
| Racebn(%): | |||||
| White | 64 (89) | 163 (94) | 249 (93) | 327 (96) | 161 (96) |
| Black or African American | 4 (6) | 7 (4) | 12 (7) | 8 (2) | 3 (2) |
| Otherc | 6 (8) | 6 (3) | 14 (5) | 16 (5) | 8 (5) |
| Employmentstatusn(%): | |||||
| Student | 6 (8) | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Employed outside home | 39 (54) | 83 (48) | 95 (36) | 65 (19) | 6 (4) |
| Employed at home | 10 (14) | 27 (16) | 34 (13) | 31 (9) | 11 (7) |
| Homemaker | 4 (6) | 7 (4) | 13 (5) | 6 (2) | 3 (2) |
| Unemployed looking for work | 3 (4) | 4 (2) | 7 (3) | 6 (2) | 0 |
| Unemployed not looking for work | 1 (1) | 5 (3) | 10 (4) | 7 (2) | 2 (1) |
| Retired | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 4 (1) | 36 (11) | 84 (50) |
| Disabled | 8 (12) | 43 (25) | 103 (39) | 187 (55) | 60 (36) |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 2 (1) | 0 |
| Highest educational attainment d (n=759) | n=50e | n=123 | n=183 | n=264 | n=139 |
| Doctoral degree | 5 (10) | 15 (12) | 12 (7) | 24 (9) | 22 (16) |
| Master's degree | 19 (38) | 27 (22) | 40 (22) | 47 (18) | 40 (29) |
| Bachelor's degree | 10 (20) | 39 (32) | 70 (38) | 112 (42) | 43 (31) |
| Associate degree | 4 (8) | 15 (12) | 19 (10) | 21 (8) | 11 (8) |
| Technical degree | 3 (6) | 3 (2) | 9 (5) | 9 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Some college | 7 (14) | 18 (15) | 22 (12) | 40 (15) | 12 (9) |
| High school, some or completed | 1 (2) | 6 (5) | 11 (6) | 11 (4) | 8 (6) |
| Annual household income levelf (USD) (n=737) | n=49 | n=118 | n=179 | n=255 | n=136 |
| >200,000 | 4 (8) | 10 (8) | 12 (7) | 16 (6) | 4 (3) |
| 150,001 – 200,000 | 5 (10) | 6 (5) | 22 (12) | 17 (7) | 9 (7) |
| 100,001 – 150,000 | 4 (8) | 27 (23) | 22 (12) | 31 (12) | 20 (15) |
| 50,001 – 100,000 | 16 (33) | 32 (27) | 43 (24) | 63 (25) | 35 (26) |
| 30,001 – 50,000 | 4 (8) | 14 (12) | 21 (12) | 36 (14) | 26 (19) |
| 15,000 – 30,000 | 10 (20) | 14 (12) | 24 (13) | 43 (17) | 15 (11) |
| <15,000 | 4 (8) | 6 (5) | 8 (4) | 7 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 (4) | 9 (8) | 27 (15) | 42 (16) | 24 (18) |
a5 participants declined to answer. 1 participant selected “other”. bParticipants were asked to choose all options that applied. cIncluding: 18 American Indian, 4 Middle Eastern, 2 Asian, and 27 who did not answer. dEducation data were collected in separate surveys and available for 759 participants. e1 participant did not know his/her highest education level. fIncome data were collected in separate surveys and available for 737 participants.