Variable | Total (N = 241) | African-Americans (N = 102) | Whites (N = 139) | p-values† |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | ||||
Age | 53.7 (11.0) | 52.7 (10.1) | 54.5 (11.6) | .194 |
Heath literacy score | 13.0 (2.6) | 13.0 (3.0) | 13.0 (2.4) | .934 |
Comfort with computers | 3.3 (1.4) | 3.1 (1.4) | 3.5 (1.4) | .033 |
Frequency (%) | ||||
Gender | .019 | |||
Male | 111 (46) | 38 (37) | 73 (53) | |
Female | 130 (54) | 64 (63) | 66 (47) | |
Marital status | <.001 | |||
Married | 133 (55) | 33(32) | 100 (72) | |
Separated/ divorced/widowed | 62 (26) | 42 (41) | 20 (14) | |
Never married | 46 (19) | 27(27) | 19 (14) | |
Education | .011 | |||
Elementary | 3 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (2) | |
High school | 84 (35) | 42 (41) | 42 (42) | |
College/trade school | 117 (49) | 51 (50) | 66 (51) | |
More than college | 37 (15) | 7 (7) | 30 (7) | |
Income | <.001 | |||
< 30, 000 | 85 (35) | 57 (56) | 28 (20) | |
30-50,000 | 44 (18) | 26 (25) | 18 (13) | |
50-70,000 | 41 (17) | 13 (13) | 28 (20) | |
70-90,000 | 25 (11) | 3 (3) | 22 (16) | |
>90,000 | 46 (19) | 3 (3) | 43 (31) | |
Health insurance | <.001 | |||
Private | 123 (51) | 30 (29) | 93 (67) | |
Medicaid | 33 (14) | 28 (27) | 5 (4) | |
Medicare | 50 (21) | 25 (25) | 25 (18) | |
Multiple | 26 (11) | 13 (13) | 13 (9) | |
Other | 8 (3) | 6 (6) | 2 (1) | |
Cancer type | .895 | |||
Lung | 39 (16) | 14 (14) | 25 (18) | |
Breast | 40 (17) | 19 (19) | 21 (15) | |
GI | 41 (17) | 15 (15) | 26 (19) | |
GU/reproductive | 28 (11) | 12 (12) | 16 (11) | |
Multiple myeloma | 36 (15) | 17 (16) | 19 (14) | |
Other solid tumors | 57 (24) | 25 (24) | 32 (23) |