Table 2 Demographic characteristics of respondents by classa
| Â | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent of total sample | 5.7% | 3.2% | 88.3% | 2.8% |
Age mean (SD) | 57.0 (15.7) | 44.4 (15.1) | 54.2 (15.8) | 43.3 (16.7) |
% Male | 39.3% | 64.1% | 46.2% | 50.8% |
% Married or living with partner | 55.6% | 55.9% | 65.4% | 54.3% |
% Unemployed | 7.9% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 12.1% |
% Some college or more | 67.2% | 46.3% | 74.0% | 39.2% |
% Household size of 1 person | 23.4% | 22.1% | 20.3% | 20.1% |
% Living in rural area | 17.4% | 25.7% | 13.1% | 10.6% |
% Living in large city | 69.2% | 39.0% | 54.0% | 61.8% |
% Has insurance | 92.4% | 93.4% | 94.3% | 85.0% |
Household income in dollars | ||||
 Less than 10,000 | 2.5% | 22.8% | 3.5% | 16.6% |
 10,000 to 24,999 | 13.2% | 33.1% | 10.3% | 17.6% |
 25,000 to 49,999 | 21.3% | 23.5% | 21.0% | 23.6% |
 50,000 to 74,999 | 18.6% | 10.3% | 19.0% | 16.1% |
 75,000 to 99,999 | 11.4% | 2.2% | 13.3% | 8.0% |
 100,000 or more | 33.3% | 8.1% | 32.9% | 18.1% |
Race | ||||
 Black | 24.2% | 33.1% | 7.4% | 18.1% |
 Hispanic | 19.4% | 27.2% | 12.2% | 20.6% |
 Non-Hispanic White | 51.3% | 29.3% | 74.2% | 52.8% |
 Asian | 4.1% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 4.5% |
 Other | 1.0% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 4.0% |