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Table 1 Unweighted Sample Characteristics by Clinical Status

From: PROMIS-deaf profile measure: cultural adaptation and psychometric validation in American sign language

Characteristics

Non Clinical

Clinical

Gender

n (%)

 Male

341 (44.9)

173 (33.4)

 Female

410 (54.0)

329 (63.5)

 Non-Binary

8 (1.1)

16 (3.1)

Subtotala

759

518

Age

n (%)

 18–31

274 (36.0)

148 (28.4)

 32–48

275 (36.1)

166 (31.8)

 48–95

212 (27.9)

208 (39.8)

Subtotala

761

522

Race

n (%)

 White

499 (66.4)

359 (70.1)

 Non-White

253 (33.6)

153 (29.9)

Subtotala

752

512

Education

n (%)

 High school or lower

136 (18.4)

124 (24.6)

 Some college

157 (21.2)

116 (22.8)

 College degree

446 (60.4)

267 (52.6)

Subtotala

739

508

U.S. region

n (%)

 Northeast

88 (11.9)

73 (14.3)

 South

261 (35.3)

189 (37.1)

 Midwest

141 (19.1)

91 (17.9)

 West

250 (33.8)

156 (30.6)

Subtotala

740

509

Preferred language

n (%)

 ASL Only

353 (46.8)

222 (42.7)

 ASL and English

402 (53.2)

298 (57.3)

Subtotala

755

520

Deaf identity

n (%)

 Deaf

530 (77.9)

350 (74.5)

 Hard of Hearing

150 (22.1)

120 (25.5)

Subtotala

680

470

Functional hearing

n (%)

 Can understand all or most

207 (28.4)

171 (34.0)

 Can understand some or little

314 (43.2)

219 (43.5)

 Cannot understand at all

206 (28.3)

114 (22.6)

Subtotala

727

504

Listening device

n (%)

 Do not use

405 (59.5)

274 (59.1)

 Hearing aids

225 (33.0)

153 (33.0)

 Cochlear implants

47 (6.9)

36 (7.8)

 Other types

4 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

Subtotala

681

464

  1. aMissing responses are not included in the subtotal