Table 1 Comparison of Collected Demographic Data between Participants of Cancer and Non-Cancer Scenarios
All Scenarios N = 167 | “Cancer” Scenario N = 86 | Non-cancer Serious Illness Scenario N = 81 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caregiver Age | median (interquartile range) | 32 (19,45) | 31 (16,46) | 33 (10) | 0.70 |
mean (standard deviation) | 32.9 (10) | 32.9 (11) | 32.8 (9) | 0.94 | |
Patient Age | median (interquartile range) | 7 (0,17) | 8 (0,18) | 7 (0,16) | 0.85 |
mean (standard deviation) | 7.7 (6) | 7.8 (6) | 7.5 (5) | 0.72 | |
Caregiver Gender | Female | 89/167 (53%) | 43/86 (50%) | 46/81 (57%) | 0.38 |
Caregiver Race | Black | 85/167 (51%) | 46/86 (54%) | 39/81 (48%) | 0.50 |
White | 53/167 (32%) | 23/86 (27%) | 30/81 (37%) | ||
Asian | 4/167 (2%) | 2/86 (2%) | 2/81 (3%) | ||
Other | 25/167 (15%) | 15/86 (17%) | 10/81 (12%) | ||
Patient Race | Black | 80/167 (48%) | 44/86 (51%) | 36/81 (44%) | 0.26 |
White | 45/167 (27%) | 18/86 (21%) | 27/81 (33%) | ||
Asian | 3/167 (2%) | 1/86 (1%) | 2/81 (3%) | ||
Other | 39/167 (23%) | 23/86 (27%) | 16/81 (20%) | ||
Caregiver Ethnicity | Hispanic | 31/167 (19%) | 14/86 (16%) | 17/81 (21%) | 0.71 |
Non-Hispanic | 135/167 (81%) | 72/86 (84%) | 63/81 (78%) | ||
Unknown | 1/167 (1%) | 0/86 (0%) | 1/81 (1%) | ||
Patient Ethnicity | Hispanic | 39/167 (23%) | 18/86 (21%) | 21/81 (26%) | 0.56 |
Non-Hispanic | 126/167 (75%) | 68/86 (79%) | 58/81 (72%) | ||
Unknown | 2/167 (1%) | 0/86 (0%) | 2/81 (3%) | ||
# Children in Family | median (interquartile range) | 2 (0,4) | 2 (0,4) | 2 (1,3) | 0.93 |
Highest Level of Education Achieved | Some high school | 18/167 (11%) | 5/86 (6%) | 13/81 (16%) | 0.24 |
High school graduate | 67/167 (40%) | 35/86 (41%) | 32/81 (40%) | ||
Some college | 46/167 (28%) | 24/86 (28%) | 22/81 (27%) | ||
College graduate | 20/167 (12%) | 13/86 (15%) | 7/81 (9%) | ||
Graduate school | 14/167 (8%) | 7/86 (8%) | 7/81 (9%) | ||
Employed | 91/167 (55%) | 50/86 (58%) | 41/81 (51%) | 0.33 | |
Annual Family Income (US dollars) | < 10 k | 54/167 (32%) | 29/86 (34%) | 25/81 (31%) | 0.41 |
10-25 k | 44/167 (26%) | 26/86 (30%) | 18/81 (22%) | ||
25-50 k | 35/167 (21%) | 14/86 (16%) | 21/81 (26%) | ||
50-75 k | 8/167 (5%) | 3/86 (4%) | 5/81 (6%) | ||
75-100 k | 8/167 (5%) | 5/86 (6%) | 3/81 (4%) | ||
> 100 k | 5/167 (3%) | 5/86 (6%) | 0/81 (0%) | ||
Refused | 13/167 (8%) | 4/86 (5%) | 9/81 (11%) | ||
Single Parent Household | 79/167 (47%) | 36/86 (42%) | 43/81 (53%) | 0.15 | |
Numeracy | Question 1 correct | 82/167 (49%) | 42/86 (49%) | 40/81 (49%) | 0.94 |
Question 2 correct | 50/167 (30%) | 28/86 (33%) | 22/81 (27%) | 0.45 | |
Question 3 correct | 6/167 (4%) | 3/86 (4%) | 3/81 (4%) | 0.94 | |