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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants by race (N = 241)

From: Measuring preferences for analgesic treatment for cancer pain: How do African-Americans and Whites perform on choice-based conjoint (CBC) analysis experiments?

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)

 
  1. †p-values are based on t-tests for continuous variables and chi-squared for categorical variables.