Factors associated with self-reported health: implications for screening level community-based health and environmental studies

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population (N = 1372 twenty to fifty year old nonsmokers)

	N	Weighted percent^a (SE)		N	Weighted percent^a (SE)
Sex			Marital Status
Male	547	46.4 (1.4)	Married	813	63.8 (2.0)
Female	825	53.6 (1.4)	Never married	315	20.1 (1.7)
Race/Ethnicity			Other	244	16.1 (1.3)
Mexican American	350	10.8 (1.2)	Education
Other hispanic	61	4.9 (0.9)	<9th grade	116	4.0 (0.6)
Non-Hispanic white	611	68.0 (2.5)	9–12th grade	178	8.2 (0.9)
Non-Hispanic black	285	10.9 (1.5)	High School Grad/GED	253	19.2 (1.8)
Other Race (including multi-racial)	65	5.3 (1.1)	Some College or AA degree	447	33.8 (1.8)
Country of birth			≥College Graduate	378	34.8 (2.2)
United States	969	80.4 (2.1)	Annual Family Income
Mexico	236	7.1 (0.7)	<$20,000	288	14.1 (1.1)
Elsewhere	167	12.5 (2.0)	$20,000 to $44,999	434	26.5 (2.0)
US citizen		0.0 (0.0)	$45,000 to $74,999	268	21.6 (1.6)
Yes	1082	87.5 (1.4)	≥$75,000	382	37.8 (2.6)
No	290	12.5 (1.4)

Abbreviations: GED general education development, AA associate degree
^aThe weighted percent adjusts for differential probabilities of selection, nonresponse, and differences between the final sample and the total population