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