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Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics and group differences of the participants of the Focus Groups

From: Development and pilot implementation of guidelines for culturally tailored research recruitment materials for African Americans and Latinos

 

Prescreened as African American, allocated to the Focus Groups targeting African American (N = 29)

Prescreened as Latino, allocated to the Focus Groups targeting Latino (N = 35)

 
 

%

%

Chi-Sq

Education

 High School or less

24.1

48.6

4.04

 College (some college to completion)

55.2

37.1

 

 Graduate (some graduate to completion)

20.7

14.3

 

Preferred Language

 English

100

0

64.00***

 Spanish

0

71.4

 

 Bilingual (English + Spanish)

0

28.6

 

Urban/Rural

 Large urban area (> 50.000 people)

82.1

82.8

1.12

 Small urban area (2500—50,000

people)

14.3

17.2

 

 Rural Communities (< 2500 people)

3.6

0

 

Gender

 Male

44.8

22.9

3.47

 Female

55.2

77.1

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t-value

Age

47.75 (16.40)

41.90 (9.73)

1.76

  1. Note: (***) is p < .001