Table 1 Demographic characteristics of full and restricted analytic sample, ages 18–64, NHANES, 1988–2001
Full sample (n = 14,798) | Restricted analytic sample (n = 11,733) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
percent | std error | percent | std error | |
Age | ||||
18–24 | 17 | 0.6 | 18 | 0.6 |
26–44 | 53 | 0.9 | 55 | 1.0 |
45–64 | 30 | 0.8 | 28 | 0.9 |
Gender | ||||
Men | 49 | 0.4 | 49 | 0.5 |
Women | 51 | 0.4 | 51 | 0.5 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
White | 74 | 1 | 75 | 1 |
Black | 12 | 0.6 | 11 | 0.6 |
Mexican-American | 6 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.5 |
Other | 8 | 0.9 | 8 | 1 |
Marital status | ||||
married/living as | 64 | 0.9 | 64 | 0.9 |
not married/not living as | 36 | 0.9 | 36 | 0.9 |
Education | ||||
< high school | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
high school | 35 | 0.8 | 34 | 0.8 |
> high school | 42 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
Occupation | ||||
white collar and professional | 24 | 0.9 | 25 | 0.9 |
white collar, semi-routine | 23 | 0.7 | 23 | 0.7 |
blue collar, high skill | 12 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.5 |
blue collar, semi-routine | 39 | 0.8 | 38 | 0.9 |
never worked | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.3 |
Income (equivalized for family size) | ||||
< 50% median | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
50–100% median | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
> median | 47 | 2 | 49 | 2 |
% below poverty | 11 | 0.7 | 11 | 0.8 |
% poverty to 184% poverty | 16 | 0.8 | 15 | 0.8 |
185% poverty to median income* | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
> median* | 47 | 2 | 49 | 2 |
Work and health | ||||
not currently in labor force | 25 | 0.7 | 21 | 0.7 |
employment affected by health | 10 | 0.4 | 0 | - |
death with <1 year follow-up | 0.3 | 0.07 | 0 | - |