Validity and Stability of the Decisional Balance for Sun Protection Inventory

Table 1

Sample size by category for each subgroup.

Subgroup	Category
Gender	Female	842
	Male	492
Racial identity^a	White	1143
	Black/African American	84
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic	56
	Non-Hispanic	1279
Age	18–29 years old	186
	30–39 years old	198
	40–49 years old	346
	50–59 years old	358
	60–75 years old	246
Education level	High school or less (12 years)	307
	Some tertiary education (13–15 years)	459
	College graduate or beyond (16 years)	569
Untanned skin color	Fair white	291
	Medium white	590
	Dark white/light brown	395
Stage of change for sun protection	Precontemplation	818
	Contemplation	151
	Preparation	367

^aNot including participants who selected more than one race.
^bInvariance model could not be assessed across ethnic identity groups due to the low number of participants identified as Hispanic.