Table 1.

Racial/ethnic differences in social support, sociodemogaphic, and clinical factors

	N	nH White (n = 397)	nH Black (n = 411)	Hispanic (n = 181)	p value
		%	%	%
Age at diagnosis
25–39	66	6	6	9	0.97
40–49	236	25	22	24
50–59	307	31	31	32
60–69	246	24	26	24
70–79	134	14	15	10
Education
< 12	176	5	19	44	< 0.0001
12	193	13	25	22
> 12	617	82	56	35
Income
< 20,000	262	11	38	38	< 0.0001
< 75,000	439	40	50	50
> 75,000	259	49	13	12
Insurance
No outpatient insurance	128	6	15	25	< 0.001
Public insurance only	164	4	26	22
Private	697	90	59	53
Concentrated affluence
< 1 SD below mean	65	1	10	11	< 0.0001
Within 1 SD of mean	729	59	83	85
> 1 SD above mean	193	40	7	4
Concentrated disadvantage
< 1 SD below mean	142	31	1	7	< 0.0001
Within 1 SD of mean	652	67	56	87
> 1 SD above mean	57	7	43	3
Stage
0	200	27	23	16	< 0.0001
1	289	38	31	30
2	255	26	31	36
4	43	3	5	5
Initiated radiation
No	484	43	56	46	< 0.01
Yes	503	57	44	54
Initiated chemotherapy
No	573	67	52	52	< 0.0001
Yes	414	33	48	48
Initiated hormone therapy
No	711	69	77	68	0.01779
Somewhat/not at all	171	11	19	27
Unmet emotional support
No	905	95	90	87	< 0.0001
Yes	84	5	10	13
Unmet spiritual support
No	861	87	90	81	0.009
Yes	127	13	10	19
Unmet informational support
No	857	91	85	81	< 0.001
Yes	132	9	15	19
Unmet financial support
No	721	84	64	69	< 0.0001
Yes	268	16	36	31
Unmet practical support
No	871	93	84	86	< 0.0001
Yes	118	7	16	14