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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the adult respondents ≥ 18 years by quintiles of cumulative social determinants of health risk index: National Health Interview Survey 2013–2017

From: Cumulative social disadvantage and health-related quality of life: national health interview survey 2013–2017

Characteristics

Total

Quartile groups of cumulative SDoH index

SDoH-Q1

SDoH-Q2

SDoH-Q3

SDoH-Q4

Cumulative SDoH score

3 (2–6)

2 (1–3)

5 (4–6)

8 (6–10)

13 (10–16)

Sample

156,182

55,758

36,459

26,881

37,084

Weighted sample

232,798,758

87,665,007 (37.7)

54,202,921 (23.3)

38,603,707 (16.6)

52,327,122 (22.5)

Demographic characteristics

Sex

     

Male

70,370 (48.3)

18,357 (49.9)

18,913 (48.0)

19,056 (48.0)

14,044 (46.3)

Female

85,812 (51.7)

29,703 (50.1)

20,092 (52.0)

14,813 (52.0)

21,204 (53.7)

Age, years

46.19 ± 17.41

50.83 ± 17.08

46.32 ± 18.29

42.95 ± 17.41

40.66 ± 15.11

Age group

     

18–39 years

55,329 (39.5)

13,511 (28.7)

12,984 (40.3)

11,417 (47.1)

17,417 (51.2)

40–54 years

39,190 (26.8)

13,969 (27.8)

8,376 (25.2)

6,459 (25.2)

10,386 (27.7)

55–64 years

27,923 (17.1)

11,057 (19.5)

6,113 (16.2)

4,601 (15.7)

6,152 (14.8)

≥ 65 years

33,740 (16.6)

17,221 (23.9)

8,986 (18.2)

4,404 (12.0)

3,129 (6.2)

Race/ethnicity

     

Non-Hispanic White

100,932 (65.2)

43,913 (78.5)

24,930 (68.1)

15,544 (58.0)

16,545 (45.2)

Non-Hispanic Black

20,411 (12.1)

4,704 (7.9)

4,515 (11.6)

4,456 (15.7)

6,736 (17.1)

Non-Hispanic Asian

8,934 (5.9)

3,097 (6.0)

2,325 (6.5)

1,735 (6.5)

1,777 (4.7)

Hispanic

23,906 (15.8)

3,587 (69.3)

4,223 (12.8)

4,742 (18.8)

11,354 (31.6)

Other

1,999 (1.0)

457 (0.6)

466 (1.0)

404 (1.0)

672 (1.4)

Region of residence

     

Northeast

25,595 (17.8)

9,948 (20.1)

6,188 (18.3)

4,358 (16.7)

5,101 (14.2)

Midwest

33,826 (22.4)

13,108 (23.6)

8,319 (23.5)

5,624 (22.1)

6,775 (19.5)

South

55,595 (36.5)

18,896 (35.0)

12,339 (34.8)

9,692 (37.1)

14,668 (40.7)

West

41,166 (23.3)

13,806 (21.4)

9,613 (23.4)

7,207 (24.1)

10,540 (25.5)

Health characteristics

Smoking history

     

Never

94,162 (62.7)

26,998 (67.3)

18,945 (63.5)

20,755 (60.2)

16,178 (55.9)

Former

35,142 (21.4)

11,152 (24.7)

7,720 (22.3)

8,026 (19.3)

6,097 (16.5)

Current

26,300 (16.0)

2,972 (8.1)

3,399 (14.1)

5,467 (20.5)

6,103 (27.6)

Obesity

50,298 (31.9)

15,994 (28.3)

11,531 (31.6)

8,946 (33.5)

13,827 (37.0)

Arthritis

38,007 (21.6)

13,963 (22.3)

8,914 (21.6)

6,317 (21.0)

8,813 (20.9)

Cancer

14,386 (8.2)

6,759 (10.6)

3,367 (8.1)

1,975 (6.5)

2,285 (5.4)

Chronic liver disease

2,067 (1.2)

491 (0.8)

421 (1.1)

379 (1.2)

776 (1.8)

Coronary heart disease

9,923 (5.4)

3,295 (5.1)

2,366 (5.6)

1,721 (5.4)

2,541 (6.0)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

5,258 (2.7)

1,215 (1.8)

1,177 (2.7)

1,066 (3.2)

1,800 (4.1)

Diabetes mellitus

15,168 (8.9)

4,645 (7.6)

3,488 (8.6)

2,847 (9.6)

4,188 (10.7)

Hypertension

50,647 (29.3)

18,799 (30.3)

11,983 (29.5)

8,471 (28.2)

11,394 (28.1)

Kidney failure

3,246 (1.7)

702 (1.0)

710 (1.7)

610 (2.0)

1,224 (2.6)

Stroke

4,581 (2.4)

1,218 (1.9)

1,009 (2.2)

899 (2.8)

1,455 (3.4)

Kessler-6 score (psychological distress)

1 (0–4)

0 (0–2)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–4)

3 (0–7)

Social determinants of health (selected)

Low household income (< 200% FPL)

55,699 (30.7)

3,142 (4.4)

11,489 (25.6)

13,821 (45.5)

27,247 (69.2)

High financial distress*

57,650 (38.0)

7,215 (14.3)

12,041 (36.3)

12,265 (48.1)

26,129 (71.0)

Living quarters other than house/apartment/flat/condo

9,314 (5.2)

624 (0.9)

1,898 (4.2)

2,606 (8.3)

4,186 (11.0)

≤ High school/GED diploma

59,302 (37.4)

9,411 (16.2)

14,008 (38.2)

12,886 (48.8)

22,997 (63.6)

Not English-proficient

7,854 (5.6)

116 (0.2)

722 (2.5)

1,509 (6.6)

5,507 (17.4)

Food insecure†

16,746 (9.7)

186 (0.3)

1,178 (3.2)

3,100 (10.9)

12,282 (31.1)

Trust in neighborhood: somewhat/definitely disagree

26,102 (17.7)

416 (0.8)

2,586 (7.4)

5,447 (21.7)

17,653 (49.5)

Closeknit neighborhood: somewhat/definitely disagree

53,506 (36.1)

7,320 (13.8)

11,501 (34.6)

11,357 (46.0)

23,328 (65.7)

No insurance

19,030 (12.3)

301 (0.5)

1,541 (4.6)

3,616 (14.2)

13,572 (38.7)

No usual source of care

21,577 (14.1)

1,635 (2.9)

3,805 (10.7)

4,522 (18.0)

11,615 (33.4)

  1. Notes: Mean (SD) or median (IQR) presented for continuous variables. Frequency (weighted %) presented for categorical variables.
  2. All comparisons of study characteristics across quartile groups of cumulative SDoH index were statistically significant (p < 0.001)
  3. * High financial distress includes the presence of ≥ 3 of the following: worried about money for retirement; worried about medical cost of illness/accident; worried about maintaining standard of living; worried about cost of normal healthcare; worried about paying monthly bills; and worried about paying rent/mortgage/housing cost
  4. † Food insecurity includes the presence of ≥ 3 of the following in the last 30 days: worried food would run out before got money to buy more; food did not last before had money to get more; Could not afford to eat balanced meals; Cut size or skipped meals because not enough money, and if so, ≥ 3 days in the past month; eat less than felt should because not enough money; hungry but did not eat because not enough money; lose weight because not enough money for food; did not eat for a whole day because not enough money for food, and if so, ≥ 3 days in the past month
  5. Abbreviations: FPL – federal poverty line; GED – general educational development; SDOH-Q – quartile groups of cumulative social determinants of health index