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. 2018 Feb 1;24(2):130–138. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2017.0073

Table 1.

Differences in Demographic Characteristics Remote Versus In-Person Participants

CHARACTERISTIC REMOTE n = 106 IN-PERSON n = 68 p
Age in years, mean (SD) 55 (15.5) 49 (13.5) .02
Female gender, n (%) 88 (83) 57 (84) .55
Race, n (%) .58
 White 95 (90) 62 (91)  
 Black or African American 2 (2) 0 (0)  
 Native American 2 (2) 0 (0)  
 Other 7 (7) 6 (9)  
Insurance status, n (%) .81
 Adequately insured 90 (85) 58 (85)  
 Under or uninsured 7 (7) 3 (4)  
 Prefer not to answer 1 (1) 0 (0)  
 Do not know 4 (4) 5 (7)  
 No response 4 (4) 2 (3)  
Education level, n (%) .006
 Less than high school graduate 1 (1) 1 (1)  
 High school graduate 27 (25) 5 (7)  
 Some college or 2-year degree 38 (36) 23 (34)  
 Four-year college or greater 35 (33) 37 (54)  
 No response 5 (5) 2 (3)  
County of residence, n (%) <.0001
 Rural 95 (90) 27 (40)  
 Urban 11 (10) 41 (60)  
No personal history of cancer, n (%) 42 (40) 38 (56)  
Personal cancer history, n (%) 60 (57) 29 (43) .005
 Breast cancer 30 (50) 6 (21)  
 Ovarian cancer 1 (2) 4 (14)  
 Colorectal cancer 6 (10) 4 (14)  
 Uterine cancer 1 (2) 3 (10)  
 Other 9 (15) 8 (28)  
 More than one 11 (18) 3 (10)  
 No response 2 (3) 1 (3)  
Family history of cancer, n (%) 98 (92) 64 (94) .56

SD, standard deviation.