Table 4.
Demographic characteristics for the full Study 2 sample and as a function of performance on the delay discounting attention checks (n and %; or median and first and third quartiles).
| DD Attention Check Performance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Full Sample N = 430 |
Failed Any n = 48 |
Passed Both n = 382 |
p |
| Age | 38 (31 – 48) | 36 (31 - 41) | 38 (31 – 49) | 0.122 |
| Sex | 0.065 | |||
| Male | 214 (49.8%) | 30 (62.5 %) | 184 (48.2 %) | |
| Female | 213 (49.5%) | 17 (35.4 %) | 196 (51.3 %) | |
| N/A | 3 (0.7%) | 1 (2.1 %) | 2 (0.5 %) | |
| Race | 0.350 | |||
| White | 335 (77.9%) | 37 (77.1 %) | 298 (78 %) | |
| Black/African American | 32 (7.4%) | 6 (12.5 %) | 26 (6.8 %) | |
| Asian | 36 (8.4%) | 4 (8.3%) | 32 (8.4%) | |
| Other | 27 (6.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | 26 (6.8%) | |
| N/A | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.436 | |||
| Hispanic/LatinX | 41 (9.5%) | 6 (12.5 %) | 35 (9.2 %) | |
| Not Hispanic/LatinX | 389 (90.5%) | 42 (87.5 %) | 347 (90.8 %) | |
| N/A | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
| Yearly Income | 0.678 | |||
| $29,999 or less | 130 (30.2%) | 10 (20.8%) | 120 (31.4%) | |
| $30,000 - $59,999 | 150 (34.9%) | 19 (39.6%) | 131 (34.3%) | |
| $60,000-$89.999 | 68 (15.8%) | 8 (16.7%) | 60 (15.7%) | |
| $90,000-$119,999 | 40 (9.3%) | 6 (12.5%) | 34 (8.9%) | |
| $120,000 or more | 31 (7.2%) | 4 (8.3%) | 27 (7.1%) | |
| N/A | 11 (2.6%) | 1 (2.1%) | 10 (2.6%) | |
| Education (Highest Degree) | 0.144 | |||
| Less than high school | 4 (0.9%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1.0%) | |
| High school | 49 (11.4%) | 2 (4.2%) | 47 (12.3%) | |
| Some college (no degree) | 77 (17.9%) | 4 (8.3%) | 73 (19.1%) | |
| Associate | 51 (11.9%) | 7 (14.6%) | 44 (11.5%) | |
| Bachelor's | 182 (42.3%) | 24 (50.0%) | 158 (41.4%) | |
| Master's | 58 (13.5%) | 9 (18.8%) | 49 (12.8%) | |
| Doctoral | 8 (1.9%) | 2 (4.2%) | 6 (1.6%) | |
| Professional (JD, MD) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| N/A | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
Note. Age is rounded to the nearest year. Descriptive statistics for income are shown in 30K categories for brevity, but were assessed in $15K-increment categories.