Evaluating the reliability of the Attitudes to Randomized Trial Questionnaire (ARTQ) in a predominantly African American sample

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Table 5 Comparison of study participant demographics (N = 315) to South Carolina (SC) demographics (N = 4,625,364)

Variable	Study %	SC %
Race^a (n = 296)
African American	81.4	28.0
Native American/Alaskan native	5.1	0.5
European American	13.5	68.4
Gender^a (n = 211)
Male	15.2	48.6
Female	84.8	51.4
Hispanic^a (n = 298)
Yes	2.0	5.3
Age^a (n = 297)
≥65	17.8	14.7
Education level^a (n = 298)
College graduate	60.8	24.2
Marital status^a (n = 297)
Married or living as married	46.8	59.0
Income^∆ (n = 286) see note below
The median income of the study participants fell between $40,000 and $59,000. The median income in SC is $44,587