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Table 4 Demographic characteristics by race, DSM high-risk subsample, and HINTS/Pew subsample

From: Risk-management decision-making data from a community-based sample of racially diverse women at high risk of breast cancer: rationale, methods, and sample characteristics of the Daughter Sister Mother Project survey

 

White sample

Black sample

DSM high-risk subsample

HINTS/Pew subsample

DSM high-risk subsample

HINTS/Pew subsample

Unweighted N

Unweighted % (or mean)

Unweighted N

Weighted % (or mean)

Unweighted N

Unweighted % (or mean)

Unweighted N

Weighted % (or mean)

Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry**

        

 No

383

82.19%

NA

98.98%

238

94.82%

NA

99.99%

 Yes

57

12.23%

NA

1.02%

3

1.20%

NA

< 0.01%

 Missing

26

5.58%

NA

0.00%

10

3.98%

NA

0.00%

Ageêž‹

        

 18–24 years

61

13.09%

44

9.93%

30

11.95%

10

3.92%

 25–34 years

141

30.26%

162

11.60%

87

34.66%

41

16.10%

 35–44 years

89

19.10%

203

14.10%

63

25.10%

43

17.40%

 45–54 years

81

17.38%

231

20.70%

41

16.33%

82

28.60%

 55 years and older

94

20.17%

957

43.10%

30

11.95%

244

31.10%

 Missing

0

0.00%

13

0.50%

0

0.00%

10

2.89%

 Mean age

–

40

–

51

–

37

–

48

Educationêž‹

        

 Less than high school

1

0.21%

45

3.73%

2

0.80%

28

11.90%

 High school graduate

13

2.79%

270

21.30%

15

5.98%

83

26.20%

 Some college

88

18.88%

450

39.10%

64

25.50%

142

36.90%

 Bachelor’s degree

146

31.33%

469

21.00%

78

31.08%

116

15.60%

 Post-baccalaureate degree

218

46.78%

365

14.30%

91

36.25%

58

8.93%

 Missing

0

0.00%

11

0.50%

1

0.40%

3

0.42%

Sample size

466

 

1,610 (HINTS)

 

251

 

430 (HINTS)

 
  1. **Pew used as comparator dataset
  2. êž‹HINTS used as comparator dataset