Living in poverty and accelerated biological aging: evidence from population-representative sample of U.S. adults

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study sample

		n	weighted %
Sex	Male	23349	48.29
Sex	Female	24999	51.71
Age category	20-29	8446	18.54
	30-39	8284	18.87
	40-49	8257	19.94
	50-59	7351	18.11
	60-69	7964	12.85
	70-79	5229	7.99
	80-84	2817	3.71
Race/ethnicity	White	21410	68.53
	Black	9793	10.66
	Hispanic	12670	13.91
	Other	4475	6.90
Education	Less than high school	13185	17.17
	High school grad/GED or equivalent	11278	23.96
	Some college or AA degree	13846	30.95
	College graduate or above	10521	27.92
Poverty index	Lowest poverty (1)	11432	36.31
	2	5040	13.52
	3	6811	15.50
	4	11721	20.51
	Highest poverty (5)	9153	14.16

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