Table 1.
Sample Characteristics.a,b
| Variable | % (n) |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 18.1 (121) |
| Female | 81.9 (546) |
| Race | |
| White | 90.8 (614) |
| Nonwhite | 9.2 (62) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 67.5 (449) |
| Not married | 32.5 (216) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 41.6 (278) |
| Not employed | 58.4 (390) |
| Annual household income | |
| Less than $20,000 | 7.3 (39) |
| $20 000 to $59 999 | 28.8 (154) |
| $60 000 to $99 999 | 30.2 (161) |
| $100 000 or more | 33.7 (180) |
| Highest level of education | |
| HS degree or less | 6.6 (44) |
| Some college/2-year degree | 27.9 (187) |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 65.5 (439) |
| Health insurance | |
| Employer plan | 47.8 (319) |
| Medicare | 33.7 (225) |
| Otherc | 15.8 (106) |
| Not insured | 2.7 (5) |
| Cancer characteristics | |
| Most common cancers | |
| Breast cancer | 55.2 (373) |
| Skin cancer/melanoma | 11.2 (76) |
| Prostate | 6.7 (45) |
| Cancer treatment settingsd | |
| Academic medical center | 41.4 (262) |
| Physician owned practice/group | 30.3 (192) |
| Hospital/health system owned practice/group | 51.0 (323) |
| Community hospital or health center | 27.8 (176) |
a N = 676.
b n’s range due to occasional missing data.
c Other types of insurance included the following: military, private plan, insurance purchased through the marketplace, and Medicaid or some other form of state insurance.
d Participants could select more than one option, so percentages add up to more than 100.