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. 2021 Jun 24;29(12):7765–7774. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06254-1

Table 1.

Frequencies (N = 1618a)

Characteristics Categories Total sample, no. (%)
Gender (n = 1618) Female 1158 (71.6)
Male 460 (28.4)
Age (n = 1618), mean (SD) 57 (13)
Race (n = 1553) Non-Hispanic Black 727 (46.7)
Hispanic/Latino 353 (22.7)
Non-Hispanic White 119 (7.4)
Some other race 354 (23.2)
Education level (n = 1587) None 33 (2.1)
Kindergarten–2nd grade 26 (1.6)
3rd–5th grade 133 (8.4)
6th–8th grade 252 (15.9)
9th–11th grade 251 (15.8)
12th grade/HS graduate 524 (33.0)
Some college 161 (10.1)
College graduate 170 (10.7)
Post college/graduate school 37 (2.3)
Marital status (n = 1608) Married 542 (33.7)
Partnered 38 (2.4)
Divorced 136 (8.5)
Separated 132 (8.2)
Widowed 155 (9.6)
Single 605 (37.6)
Employment status (n = 1565) Employed (full time) 31 (2.0)
Employed (part time) 89 (5.7)
Unemployed 1185 (75.7)
Retired 256 (16.4)
Student 4 (0.3)
Cancer diagnosis (n = 1485) Breast 648 (43.6)
Prostate 137 (9.2)
Lung 103 (6.9)
Colon 103 (6.9)
Lymphoma 57 (3.8)
Other cancer 437 (29.6)
Monthly household income (n = 929) No income 218 (23.5)
Low income ($1–$999) 294 (31.6)
Middle income ($1000–$2300) 351 (37.8)
High income (> $2300) 66 (7.1)
English proficiency (n = 1610) Very well 938 (58.3)
Well 191 (11.9)
Not well 275 (17.1)
Not at all 206 (12.8)
Language (n = 1529) English 1012 (66.2)
Spanish 429 (28.1)
Other 88 (5.8)
Born in USA (n = 1390) Yes 306 (22.0)
No 1084 (78.0)
Health insurance status (n = 1494) Uninsured 124 (8.3)
Insured 1370 (91.7)
Health insurance type (n = 1301) Emergency Medicaid 424 (32.6)
Medicaid 602 (46.3)
Medicare 81 (6.2)
Medicaid & Medicare 119 (9.1)
Private 75 (5.7)
Food security (n = 792) Food secure 247 (31.2)
Food insecure 545 (68.8)

aMissing data excluded