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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Jul 31;21(11):1931–1940. doi: 10.1007/s10552-010-9621-7

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics by Study Arm

Intervention
(n=58)
Control
(n=58)
Total
(n=116)

n
%
n
%
n
%
p-valuea
Age in years (52 ±8, 40-73)*
 40 to 49 24 41 17 35 41 39 0.794
 50 to 59 22 38 21 44 43 41
 60 or older 12 21 10 21 22 21
Marital status
 Married 41 77 39 75 80 76 0.777
 Not married 12 23 13 25 25 24
Annual household income
 < $10,000 12 25 13 28 25 26 0.265
 $10,000 to < $20,000 13 27 17 36 30 32
 $20,000 to < $30,000 14 29 6 13 20 21
 ≥ $30,000 9 19 11 23 20 21
Education
 < high school 8 15 7 13 15 14 0.400
 High school/post-high school trade/technical school 16 30 24 46 40 38
 1 to 3 years of college 10 19 7 13 17 16
 ≥ 4 years of college 19 36 14 27 33 31
Place of birth
 Korea 54 98 52 100 106 99 1.000
 China 1 2 0 0 1 1
Years living in the US (17 ±9, 1-39) *
 ≤ 10 20 36 18 35 38 36 0.239
 11 to 20 13 24 19 37 32 30
 ≥ 21 22 40 14 27 36 34
Language used most of the time
 Only Korean 28 51 26 51 54 51 1.000
 Mostly Korean 23 42 22 43 45 42
 Only, mostly, half in English 4 7 3 6 7 7
Language in which read newspapers or magazines
 Only Korean 34 62 35 69 69 65 0.770
 Mostly Korean 17 31 13 25 30 28
 Only, mostly, half in English 4 7 3 6 7 7
Language in which watch television programs
 Only Korean 22 40 21 40 43 40 0.702
 Mostly Korean 19 35 21 40 40 37
 Only, mostly, half in English 14 25 10 19 24 22
Consider yourself more Korean vs. more American
 More Korean 47 87 44 86 91 87 0.909
 Equal blend of both or more American 7 13 7 14 14 13
Have medical insurance
 Yes 9 16 8 15 17 16 0.856
 No 46 84 45 85 91 84
a

Chi-square or Fisher Exact Tests

*

(Mean ± standard deviation, range)

Note: Frequencies do not sum to total sample due to missing responses