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Table 1 Demographic information for partners of young breast cancer survivors and partners of healthy acquaintance controls

From: A cohort study of quality of life in partners of young breast cancer survivors compared to partners of healthy controls

Variable

YP

(n = 227)

AP

(n = 170)

T-test (p) between YP and AP

Race, Number (percentage)

0.404

 Caucasian

210 (92.5)

155 (91.2)

 Black or African American

7 (3.1)

6 (3.5)

 Asian

2 (.9)

1 (0.6)

 Other

8 (3.5)

8 (4.7)

 Education (years), mean (SD)

14.88 (2.552)

15.32 (2.85)

0.113

 Highest Level of Education Completed

N (%) YP

N (%) OP

 Graduate or Professional Degree

38 (16.7)

39 (22.9)

 Some Graduate School

10 (4.4)

5 (2.9)

 Bachelors Degree

58 (25.6)

50 (29.4)

 Associates Degree

21 (9.3)

10 (5.9)

 Some College

31 (13.7)

27 (15.9)

 Technical or Trade School

23 (10.1)

9 (5.3)

 High School Graduate/GED

40 (17.6)

25 (14.7)

 Some High School

5 (2.2)

4 (2.4)

 Elementary School or Less

0

1 (0.6)

 Missing

1 (.4)

0

Religious Affiliation, Number (percentage)

0.225

 Christian

189 (83.6)

144 (84.7)

 Other

11 (9.8)

5 (2.94)

 No religious affiliation

26 (11.5)

21 (12.35)

 Missing

1 (.44)

 Current age years, mean (SD)

48.04 (7.181)

47.36 (8.625)

0.392