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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2020 Mar 23;39(6):529–538. doi: 10.1037/hea0000848

Table 1.

Demographics

Variable N Mean ± SD or Percent

Age 1594 59.25 ± 12.96
Gender
 Men 577 36%
 Women 1,016 64%
Education Level
 9th grade or less 4 <1%
 Some high school 19 1%
 High school graduate or GED 189 12%
 Vocational or technical school 99 6%
 Some college 377 24%
 College graduate 499 31%
 Professional/Graduate School 405 25%
Ethnicity/Race
 White/Caucasian 1454 91%
 Black/African American 52 3%
 Native American/Alaska Native 9 <1%
 Asian 13 1%
 Hispanic 20 1%
 More than one race 33 2%
 Unknown 4 <1%
 Missing 9 <1%
Diagnosis
 Muscular Dystrophy 282 18%
 Multiple Sclerosis 509 32%
 Post-Polio Syndrome 389 24%
 Spinal Cord Injury 414 26%
Years since diagnosis 1530 18.28 ± 10.50

Abbreviation: GED, General Educational Development.