Research Article

Assessing the Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire in Fibromyalgia Patients Using Common Factor Analytic Approaches

Table 2

Demographic variables.

VariableMean (SD)/percentages ()

Age54.31 (11.20)
Gender
 Male4.59 (23)
 Female95.41 (478)
Ethnicity
 White86.03 (431)
 Non-White13.57 (68)
 Declined to state.4 (2)
Marital status
 Not married35.33 (177)
 Married64.67 (324)
Employment
 Not working51.90 (260)
 Working48.10 (241)
Education
 High school or less17.76 (89)
 At least some college82.04 (411)
 Declined to state.20 (1)
Income
 Below $10,0005.39 (27)
 $10,001–$20,00010.38 (52)
 $20,001–$30,00015.77 (79)
 $30,001–$40,00019.96 (100)
 $40,001–$50,00014.97 (75)
 $50,001–$60,0009.58 (48)
 $60,001–$70,0007.19 (36)
 Above $70,00013.37 (67)
 Decline to state3.39 (17)
Length of symptoms (yrs)6.02 (8.4)