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Table 2 Participant demographic characteristics

From: Attributions of survival and methods of coping of long-term ovarian cancer survivors: a qualitative study

 

M or freq (range)

% or SD

Age at interview

66.1 (53–79)

7.479

Age at diagnosis

49.9 (36–68)

8.202

Survival time (years) (N = 22)

15.1 (10–27)

5.01

Race

  

White

18

90.0

Native American

1

5.0

Other

1

5.0

Recruitment location (N = 22)

  

Memorial Sloan Kettering

4

18.2

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

15

68.2

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

3

13.6

Ethnicity

  

Non-hispanic

19

100

Stage at diagnosis

  

Stage II

1

5.3

Stage III

16

84.2

Stage IV

2

10.5

Cancer grade

  

High grade

6

31.6

Low grade

2

10.5

Not sure

11

57.9

Histology

  

Serous

14

73.7

Non-serous

1

5.3

Not sure

4

21.1

Current status of cancer

  

I have completed primary (first line) treatment AND my cancer is in remission. I am no longer on treatment

8

42.1

I have completed primary (first line) treatment AND my cancer is currently in remission. I am currently on a regular treatment to keep it in remission

1

5.3

I completed primary (first line) treatment but my cancer came back. I am currently on treatment for this

1

5.3

Other

9

40.9

Education

  

Some college/technical school

6

31.6

Four-year college or university

4

21.1

Graduate school/professional school

9

47.4

Employment status

  

Employed outside of the home

7

36.8

Homemaker

2

10.5

Retired

10

52.6

Annual household income

  

Less than $25,000

1

5.3

$25,001—$50,000

6

31.6

$50,001—$75,000

3

15.8

$75,001—$100,00

5

26.3

Greater than $100,000

4

21.1

Current marital status

  

Married

13

68.4

Living with partner

1

5.3

Divorced

4

21.1

Widowed

1

5.3

  1. N = 19 unless otherwise indicated