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Table 1 Respondent Characteristics by Study Period

From: An examination of health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic among women with early-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Characteristic

Pre-COVID

(n = 140)

Early-COVID

(n = 57)

Later-COVID

(n = 109)

Total Sample

(N = 306)

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

N (%)

p

Race

    

0.38

Black

41 (29.3%)

34 (32.4%)

25 (41.0%)

100 (32.7%)

 

White

93 (66.4%)

67 (63.8%)

35 (57.4%)

195 (63.7%)

 

Other

3 (2.1%)

4 (3.8%)

1 (1.6%)

8 (2.6%)

 

Missing

3 (2.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (1.0%)

 

Education

    

0.57

< 4-year college degree

67 (47.9%)

52 (49.5%)

36 (59.0%)

155 (50.7%)

 

4-year college degree or more

73 (52.1%)

52 (49.5%)

25 (41.0%)

150 (49.0%)

 

Missing

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.3%)

 

Income Level

    

0.48

Below poverty line

14 (10.0%)

12 (11.4%)

6 (9.8%)

32 (10.5%)

 

100-200% above poverty line

13 (9.3%)

13 (12.4%)

7 (11.5%)

33 (10.8%)

 

201–400% above poverty line

29 (20.7%)

20 (19.1%)

17 (27.9%)

66 (21.6%)

 

> 400% above poverty line

80 (57.1%)

54 (51.4%)

30 (49.2%)

164 (53.6%)

 

Missing

4 (2.9%)

6 (5.7%)

1 (1.6%)

11 (3.6%)

 

Marital Status

    

0.99

Living with partner/married

91 (65.0%)

66 (62.9%)

45 (73.8%)

202 (66.0%)

 

Missing

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.3%)

 

Disease Stage

    

0.68

I/IA/IB

92 (65.7%)

72 (68.6%)

47 (77.1%)

211 (68.9%)

 

II/IIA/IIB/IIIA/Others

41 (29.3%)

32 (30.5%)

14 (22.9%)

87 (28.4%)

 

Missing

7 (5.0%)

1 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (2.6%)

 

Age – M ( SD )

59.44 (10.1)

57.62 (12.0)

58.69 (10.5)

58.66 (10.9)

0.55

  1. Note. M = mean; SD = standard deviation. P-values compare characteristics by study period