Research Article
Reliability of Family Proxy Data for Studies of Malignant Mesothelioma: Results from the ATSDR Pilot Surveillance
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of respondents with malignant mesothelioma.
| Demographic variables | N | % |
| Sex | | | Male | 23 | 69.7 | Female | 10 | 30.3 | Race | | | White | 31 | 93.9 | Black | 0 | 0 | Other | 2 | 6.1 | Ethnicity | | | Hispanic or Latino/a | 2 | 6.1 | Not Hispanic or Latino/a | 31 | 93.9 | Marital status | | | Married | 27 | 81.8 | Widowed | 3 | 9.1 | Separated/divorced | 1 | 3.0 | Never married | 2 | 6.1 | Age at time of interview | | | <60 years | 12 | 36.4 | 60–79 years | 17 | 51.5 | 80+ years | 4 | 12.1 | Education | | | <High school | 5 | 15.2 | High school some college | 25 | 75.7 | Graduate/postgraduate | 2 | 6.1 | Other | 1 | 3.0 |
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