Table 1.
Frequency of demographic characteristics of Cook for Your Life English- and Spanish-language respondents who completed at least 50% of the online survey.
| Characteristic | English respondents (n=2665), n (%) | Spanish respondents (n=681), n (%) | ||||||||||||
| Cancer survivors | Primary caregivers | General public | Cancer survivors | Primary caregivers | General public | |||||||||
| Respondents by group | 1461 (54.8) | 220 (8.3) | 984 (36.9) | 92 (13.5) | 46 (6.8) | 543 (79.7) | ||||||||
| Gendera,b | ||||||||||||||
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Male | 214 (14.7) | 18 (8.2) | 175 (17.8) | 15 (16.3) | 11 (23.9) | 100 (18.4) | |||||||
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Female | 1230 (84.2) | 200 (90.9) | 795 (80.8) | 76 (82.6) | 34 (73.9) | 435 (80.1) | |||||||
| Region of residencea,b,c | ||||||||||||||
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United States | 1206 (82.7) | 159 (72.3) | 689 (70.2) | 15 (16.5) | 5 (10.9) | 61 (11.3) | |||||||
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Africa | 13 (0.9) | 1 (0.5) | 12 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||||
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Asia or Pacific Islands | 42 (2.9) | 11 (5.0) | 30 (3.1) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||||
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Europe | 95 (6.5) | 23 (10.5) | 167 (17.0) | 13 (14.3) | 5 (10.9) | 35 (6.5) | |||||||
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Middle East | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||||
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Canada | 84 (5.8) | 15 (6.8) | 71 (7.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.6) | |||||||
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South or Latin America | 17 (1.2) | 10 (4.6) | 10 (1.0) | 62 (68.1) | 36 (78.3) | 443 (81.9) | |||||||
| Age (years)a,b,c | ||||||||||||||
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18-35 | 30 (2.1) | 19 (8.6) | 105 (10.7) | 6 (6.5) | 8 (17.4) | 99 (18.2) | |||||||
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36-55 | 391 (26.8) | 79 (35.9) | 276 (28.1) | 35 (38.0) | 20 (43.5) | 223 (41.1) | |||||||
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56-65 | 407 (27.9) | 64 (29.1) | 273 (27.7) | 25 (27.2) | 9 (19.6) | 130 (23.9) | |||||||
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66-75 | 436 (29.8) | 49 (22.3) | 242 (24.6) | 22 (23.9) | 7 (15.2) | 71 (13.1) | |||||||
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≥76 | 197 (13.5) | 9 (4.1) | 88 (8.9) | 4 (4.4) | 2 (4.4) | 20 (3.7) | |||||||
| Racea | ||||||||||||||
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American Indian | 9 (0.6) | 3 (1.4) | 6 (0.6) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (4.4) | 2 (0.4) | |||||||
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Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander | 46 (3.2) | 15 (6.8) | 37 (3.8) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.6) | |||||||
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Black or African American | 49 (3.4) | 10 (4.6) | 48 (4.9) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.9) | |||||||
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White | 1216 (83.2) | 164 (74.6) | 775 (78.8) | 37 (40.2) | 21 (45.7) | 201 (37.0) | |||||||
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Mixed race | 85 (5.8) | 17 (7.7) | 71 (7.2) | 31 (33.7) | 17 (37.0) | 234 (43.1) | |||||||
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Other | 18 (1.2) | 4 (1.8) | 14 (1.4) | 8 (8.7) | 2 (4.4) | 45 (8.3) | |||||||
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Prefer not to say | 38 (2.6) | 7 (3.2) | 33 (3.4) | 11 (12.0) | 4 (8.7) | 53 (9.8) | |||||||
| Ethnicitya,b,c | ||||||||||||||
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Hispanic | 81 (5.5) | 21 (9.6) | 60 (6.1) | 73 (79.4) | 40 (87.0) | 480 (88.4) | |||||||
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Non-Hispanic | 1258 (86.1) | 177 (80.5) | 787 (80.0) | 11 (12.0) | 2 (4.4) | 26 (4.4) | |||||||
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Prefer not to say | 122 (8.4) | 22 (10.0) | 137 (13.9) | 8 (8.7) | 4 (8.7) | 37 (8.7) | |||||||
| Educationb | ||||||||||||||
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Less than high school | 22 (1.5) | 6 (2.7) | 35 (3.6) | 6 (6.5) | 5 (10.9) | 40 (7.4) | |||||||
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High school graduate or GEDd | 111 (7.6) | 13 (5.9) | 80 (8.1) | 13 (14.1) | 3 (6.5) | 51 (9.4) | |||||||
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Trade school or associate’s degree | 127 (8.7) | 21 (9.6) | 105 (10.7) | 11 (12.0) | 5 (10.9) | 51 (9.4) | |||||||
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Some college but not a graduate | 211 (14.4) | 32 (14.6) | 150 (15.2) | 14 (15.2) | 10 (21.7) | 102 (18.8) | |||||||
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College degree or more | 985 (67.4) | 147 (66.8) | 610 (62.0) | 48 (52.2) | 23 (50.0) | 294 (54.1) | |||||||
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Other | 5 (0.3) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.9) | |||||||
| Household income (US $)b | ||||||||||||||
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0-30,000 | 183 (12.5) | 38 (17.3) | 169 (17.2) | 38 (41.3) | 21 (45.7) | 208 (38.3) | |||||||
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30,001-60,000 | 227 (15.5) | 38 (17.3) | 171 (17.4) | 16 (17.4) | 5 (10.9) | 48 (8.8) | |||||||
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60,001-100,000 | 294 (20.1) | 44 (20.0) | 189 (19.2) | 4 (4.4) | 3 (6.5) | 37 (6.8) | |||||||
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>$100,000 | 399 (27.3) | 47 (21.4) | 225 (22.9) | 5 (5.4) | 3 (6.5) | 40 (7.4) | |||||||
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Prefer not to say | 358 (24.5) | 53 (24.1) | 230 (23.4) | 29 (31.5) | 14 (30.4) | 210 (38.7) | |||||||
| Number of people in householda,b | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 297 (20.3) | 23 (10.5) | 232 (23.6) | 9 (9.8) | 7 (15.2) | 60 (11.1) | |||||||
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2 | 762 (52.2) | 108 (49.1) | 428 (43.5) | 29 (31.5) | 9 (19.6) | 155 (28.6) | |||||||
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3 | 183 (12.5) | 42 (19.1) | 125 (12.7) | 19 (20.7) | 11 (23.9) | 124 (22.8) | |||||||
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≥4 | 219 (15.0) | 47 (21.4) | 199 (20.2) | 35 (38.0) | 19 (41.3) | 204 (37.6) | |||||||
| Area of residence | ||||||||||||||
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Urban | 455 (31.1) | 78 (35.5) | 351 (35.7) | 64 (69.6) | 34 (73.9) | 425 (78.3) | |||||||
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Suburban | 691 (47.3) | 100 (45.5) | 429 (43.6) | 22 (23.9) | 7 (15.2) | 78 (14.4) | |||||||
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Rural | 315 (21.6) | 42 (19.1) | 204 (20.7) | 6 (6.5) | 5 (10.9) | 40 (7.4) | |||||||
aP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and primary caregivers among English-language survey respondents.
bP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and general public among English-language survey respondents.
cP≤.05 comparing patients with cancer and general public among Spanish-language survey respondents.
dGED: General Education Diploma.