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. 2021 Jan 12;23(4):170–177. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2019-131

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the 2599 survey participants

Characteristic Race Ethnicity


African American (n = 215) White (n = 2111) P value Hispanic (n = 188) Non-Hispanic (n = 2369) Unknown (n = 42) P value
Age <.001 <.001
  ≤34 y 19 (8.83) 151 (7.15) 35 (18.61) 179 (7.55) 1 (0.04)
  35–55 y 125 (58.13) 911 (43.15) 101 (53.72) 1058 (44.66) 21 (0.88)
  ≥56 y 54 (25.11) 955 (45.23) 40 (21.27) 1024 (43.22) 12 (0.50)
  No answer 17 (7.90) 94 (4.45) 12 (6.38) 108 (4.55) 8 (0.33)
Sex .01 <.001
  Male 26 (12.09) 452 (21.41) 33 (17.55) 490 (20.68) 14 (33.33)
  Female 186 (86.51) 1643 (77.83) 151 (80.31) 1863 (78.64) 19 (45.23)
  Other/no answer 3 (1.39) 16 (0.75) 4 (2.12) 16 (0.67) 9 (21.42)
Educational level .6 <.001
  Less than HS diploma 1 (0.46) 13 (0.61) 2 (1.06) 15 (0.63) 0
  HS/trade school diploma 25 (11.62) 326 (15.44) 29 (15.42) 353 (14.90) 7 (16.66)
  Some college/associate/bachelor’s degree 127 (59.06) 1190 (56.37) 101 (53.72) 1335 (56.35) 21 (50.00)
  Graduate school/advanced degree 59 (27.44) 565 (26.76) 56 (29.78) 645 (27.22) 6 (14.28)
  No answer 3 (1.39) 17 (0.80) 0 21 (0.88) 8 (19.04)
Household income <.001 <.001
  <$50,000 102 (47.44) 714 (33.82) 78 (41.48) 820 (34.61) 14 (33.33)
  $50,001–$100,000 49 (22.79) 542 (25.67) 46 (24.46) 606 (25.58%) 2 (4.76)
  >$100,000 36 (16.74) 449 (21.26) 40 (21.27) 492 (20.76) 4 (9.52)
  No answer 28 (13.02) 406 (19.23) 24 (12.76) 451 (19.03) 22 (52.38)

Note: Data are given as number (percentage).

Abbreviation: HS, high school.