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

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

 

N

Weighted percenta (SE)

 

N

Weighted percenta (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)

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