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Table 1 Demographic variables stratified by race/ethnicity.

From: Comparison of knowledge and attitudes toward cancer among African Americans

 

N(%)

African-Americans N (%)

Caucasians N (%)

Other N (%)

p-value*

Study Population

Gender

215 (100)

159 (74)

43 (20)

13 (6)

 

Male

77 (35)

57 (36)

13 (30)

7 (54)

 

Female

138 (65)

102 (64)

30 (70)

6 (46)

 

Age

     

18–35

105 (49)

79 (50)

19 (44)

7 (54)

 

36–55

62 (29)

47 (30)

11 (26)

4 (31)

 

56+

48 (22)

33 (21)

13 (30)

2 (15)

 

Education Level

     

High school or less

23 (11)

21 (13)

_

2 (15)

0.01

Post-secondary education

192 (89)

138 (87)

43 (100)

11 (85)

<0.0001

Annual household income

     

Less than $35, 000

123 (57)

99 (62)

16 (37)

8 (62)

0.003

$35, 000 to $55, 000

34 (16)

26 (16)

8 (19)

_

 

Greater than $55, 000

58 (27)

34 (21)

19 (44)

5 (38)

0.003

  1. *p-value shows statistically significant differences between African-Americans and Caucasians; N = number.