Attitudes toward Genetic Testing for Hypertension among African American Women and Girls

Table 2

Personal characteristics by triad membership.

Personal characteristics	Triad membership						Total (𝑁=183)
	Grandmother (𝑛=45)		Mother (𝑛=69)		Granddaughter (𝑛=69)
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Age (years)
≤18	0	0	0	0	35	50.7	35	19.1
19–24	0	0	1	1.5	12	17.3	13	7.1
25–34	0	0	17	24.7	5	7.2	22	12.0
35–44	1	2.2	19	27.5	8	11.6	28	15.3
45–54	10	22.2	15	21.7	7	10.1	32	17.5
55–64	9	20.0	8	11.6	2	2.9	19	10.4
65+	25	55.6	9	13.0	0	0	34	18.6
Educational level
Less than high school	5	11.1	2	2.9	28	40.7	35	19.1
High school/GED	11	24.4	9	13.0	11	15.9	31	16.9
Some college	12	26.7	27	39.1	8	11.6	47	25.8
Associate degree	7	15.6	3	4.3	4	5.8	14	7.7
Bachelor degree	4	8.9	16	23.3	13	18.8	33	18.0
Master degree	4	8.9	12	17.4	2	2.9	18	9.8
Doctorate	1	2.2	0	0.0	2	2.9	3	1.6
Missing	1	2.2	0	0.0	1	1.4	2	1.1
Marital status
Married	11	24.5	23	33.3	9	13.0	43	23.5
Single	4	8.9	20	29.1	54	78.4	78	42.6
Divorced	10	22.2	17	24.6	5	7.2	32	17.5
Separated	4	8.9	2	2.9	0	0.0	6	3.3
Widowed	15	33.3	5	7.2	0	0.0	20	10.9
Missing	1	2.2	2	2.9	1	1.4	4	2.2
Household income
Less than 10 k	8	17.7	8	11.6	14	20.3	30	16.4
10 k to 20 k	9	20.0	7	10.1	6	8.7	22	12.0
20 k to 30 k	7	15.6	8	11.6	6	8.7	21	11.5
30 k to 40 k	7	15.6	11	15.9	7	10.1	25	13.7
40 k to 60 k	6	13.3	14	20.4	15	21.8	35	19.1
60 k to 80 k	3	6.7	10	14.5	9	13.0	22	12.0
80 k and higher	3	6.7	8	11.6	8	11.6	19	10.4
Missing	2	4.4	3	4.3	4	5.8	9	4.9
Sources of income*
Wages from employment	16	35.6	47	68.1	29	43.9	92	51.1
Social Security	24	53.3	14	20.3	2	3.0	40	22.2
Retirement/pension	20	44.4	10	14.5	3	4.5	33	18.3
IRA/401 Ks	2	4.4	2	2.9	0	0.0	4	2.2
Welfare	1	2.2	4	5.8	4	6.1	9	5.0
Investments	3	6.7	4	5.8	0	0.0	7	3.9
Other sources of income	6	13.3	9	13.0	36	54.5	51	28.3

∗Participants were encouraged to indicate more than one source of income if appropriate.