Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study sample

From: Parental preferences toward genomic sequencing for non-medically actionable conditions in children: a discrete-choice experiment

Variable

  

N

%

Gender

 Male

  

646

50.1

 Female

  

643

49.9

Race

 White

  

651

50.5

 Black

  

638

49.5

Ethnicity

 Not Hispanic or Latino

  

1,132

87.8

 Hispanic or Latino

  

136

10.6

 Refused

  

21

1.6

Marital status

 Married

  

762

59.1

 Widowed

  

3

0.2

 Divorced or separated

  

46

3.6

 Single

  

444

34.5

 Other

  

34

2.6

Education

 High school or less

  

305

23.7

 Some college but no degree

  

269

20.9

 Two-year college degree or technical school

  

229

17.8

 Four-year college degree

  

370

28.7

 Graduate or professional degree

  

109

8.5

 Refused

  

7

0.5

Household income

 Less than $20,000

  

291

22.6

 $20,000−$49,999

  

274

21.3

 $50,000−$69,999

  

236

18.3

 $70,000−$99,999

  

257

19.9

 $100,000 or more

  

231

17.9

Age

 

M

29.8

  
 

SD

5.6

  
 

Mdn

30

  
 

Min

18

  
 

Max

40

  
  1. N = 1,289. Percentages may not sum to 100, owing to rounding error.