Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants
| Survey [n = 183 |
Interviews [n = 30] | Focus groups [n = 49] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (percentage) | |||
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| African-American | 120 (65.6) | 29 (96.7) | 32 (65.3) |
| African (+Jamaican) | 40 (22.9) | 1 (3.3) | 12 (24.5) |
| Bi/Multi-racial | 23 (12.5) | 4 (8.2) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 90 (49.2) | 14 (46.7) | 23 (46.9) |
| Female | 91 (49.7) | 16 (53.3) | 26 (53.1) |
| No response | 2 (1.1) | ||
| Education | |||
| Middle/High School | 64 (35.0) | 13 (43.3) | 14 (28.6) |
| College (+ some credit) | 100 (54.6) | 15 (50.0) | 31 (63.2) |
| Grad Studies | 17 (9.3) | 2 (6.7) | 3 (6.1) |
| No response | 2 (1.1) | ||
| Employment | |||
| Unemployed | N/A | 12 (40.0) | 18 (36.7) |
| Employed (PT) | 7 (23.3) | 14 (28.6) | |
| Employed (FT) | 8 (26.7) | 8 (16.3) | |
| Self-employed | 3 (10.0) | 2 (4.1) | |
| Retired | 6 (12.2) | ||
| Marital Status | |||
| Single (Never Married) | N/A | 18 (60.0) | 36 (73.5) |
| Married | 4 (13.3) | 9 (18.4) | |
| Divorced | 5 (16.7) | 1 (2.0) | |
| Widowed | 3(10.0) | 3 (6.1) | |
| Age | |||
| Mean | 43.4 | 45.1 | 32.5 |
| Median | 42.0 | 44.0 | 21.0 |
| Range | 18–81 | 24–66 | 13–80 |