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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Jun 1;34(8):721–728. doi: 10.1177/1049909116652608

Table 1.

Participant Demographics.

Number (%)
Overall (n = 883) In-person (n = 380) Online (n = 503) P Value
Age
 18–34 379 (42.9) 204 (53.7) 175 (34.8) <.001
 35–54 313 (35.4) 116 (30.5) 197 (39.2)
 55 and older 191 (21.6) 60 (15.8) 131 (26.0)
 Missing 0 0 0
Gender
 Male 447 (50.7) 186 (49.2) 261 (51.9) .43
 Female 434 (49.3) 192 (50.8) 242 (48.1)
 Missing 2 2 0
Race
 White 536 (61.7) 175 (47.6) 361 (71.8) <.001
 Black 216 (24.9) 132 (35.9) 84 (16.7)
 Asian 58 (6.7) 27 (7.3) 31
 Other 61 (7.0) 34 (9.2) 27
 Missing 12 12 0
Education
 High school or less 220 (24.9) 101 (26.6) 119 (22.6) <.001
 College 470 (53.2) 159 (41.8) 311 (61.8)
 Graduate School 193 (21.9) 120 (31.6) 73 (14.5)
 Missing 0 0 0
Full-time employment
 Yes 441 (50.5) 203 (54.7) 238 (47.3) .031
 No 433 (49.5) 168 (45.3) 265 (52.7)
 Missing 9 9 0
Household income
 $60,000 or less 410 (47.6) 133 (37.1) 277 (55.1) .021
 More than $60,000 452 (52.4) 226 (63.0) 226 (44.9)
 Missing 21 21 0
Political ideology
 Liberal 302 (34.5) 145 (38.9) 157 (31.2) .055
 Moderate 386 (44.1) 156 (41.8) 230 (45.7)
 Conservative 188 (21.5) 72 (19.3) 116 (23.1)
 Missing 7 7 0
Religion
 Catholic 201 (23.5) 72 (20.4) 129 (25.7) <.001
 Protestant 125 (14.6) 41 (11.6) 84 (16.7)
 Other Christian 244 (28.5) 100 (28.3) 144 (28.6)
 Jewish 39 (4.6) 23 (6.5) 16 (3.2)
 Other faiths 85 (9.9) 54(15.3) 31 (6.2)
 Unaffiliated 162 (18.9) 63 (17.9) 99 (19.7)
 Missing 27 27 0
Importance of religion in daily life
 Unimportant 249 (28.5) 119 (32.0) 130 (25.8) .115
 Neutral 170 (19.4) 72 (19.4) 98 (19.5)
 Important 456 (52.1) 181 (48.7) 275 (54.7)
 Missing 8 8 0
Experience with AD
 Yes 506 (59.6) 210 (60.7) 296 (58.8) .60
 No 343 (40.4) 136 (39.3) 207 (41.2)
 Missing 34 34 0
Has a chronic medical condition
 Yes 192 (21.8) 53 (14.0) 139 (27.6) <.001
 No 689 (78.2) 325 (86.0) 364 (72.4)
 Missing 2 2 0
Smoker
 Yes 211 (23.9) 68 (17.9) 143 (28.4) <.001
 No 672 (76.1) 312 (82.1) 360 (71.6)
 Missing 0 0 0
Friends/family with lung cancer
 Yes 299 (34.1) 120 (32.2) 179 (35.6) .29
 No 577 (65.9) 253 (67.8) 324 (64.4)
 Missing 7 7 0
Friends/family with colon cancer
 Yes 224 (25.4) 78 (20.6) 146 (29.0) .004
 No 658 (74.6) 301 (79.4) 357 (71.0)
 Missing 1 1 0

Abbreviations: AD, advance directive.