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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 8.
Published before final editing as: J Genet Couns. 2020 Oct 8:10.1002/jgc4.1337. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1337

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of MTurk participants (N=652).

Variable Categories N %
Race (n = 652)
White or Caucasian 496 76.1
Black or African American 71 10.9
Asian 46 7.1
Mixed/Other 25 3.8
Educational attainment (n = 652)
Never attended school 0 0.0
Grade school (grades 1 to 8) 0 0.0
Some high school (grades 9 to 12) 9 1.4
High school graduate or GED 66 10.1
Post high school training other than college 20 3.1
Some college 178 27.3
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 271 41.6
Master’s degree (MS, MBA, MFA, etc.) 85 13.0
Doctoral or other professional degree (PhD, MD, JD or other) 18 2.8
Marital Status (n = 652)
Now married 305 46.8
Widowed 13 2.0
Divorced 48 7.4
Separated 20 3.1
Never married 261 40.0
Income (n = 652)
Less than $15,000 45 6.9
$15,000 to $29,999 98 15.0
$30,000 to $44,999 104 16.0
$45,000 to $59,999 121 18.6
$60,000 to $89,999 155 23.8
$90,000 to $149,999 95 14.6
$150,000 to $199,999 18 2.8
$200,000 or above 11 1.7
Genetic testing (n = 652)
Had genetic testing before 129 19.8
Never had genetic testing 497 76.2
Don’t know/Decline to answer 21 3.2
Personal/Family history of genetic disorder (n=652)
Yes 93 14.3
No 523 80.2
Don’t know/Decline to answer 31 4.8