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. 2000 Jun;172(6):368–373. doi: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.368

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 2,543)

Crude prevalence Weighted prevalence
Characteristic No. (%) 95% CI % 95% CI
Total* 2,543 (100.0)
Race or ethnicity
Latina 955 (37.6) 35.7-39.5 34.1 29.1-39.1
African American 851 (33.5) 31.6-35.3 38.7 31.8-45.5
White 414 (16.3) 14.9-17.8 15.1 12.1-18.1
Asian 95 (3.7) 3.0-4.6 3.4 2.3-4.3
Pacific Islander 51 (2.0) 1.5-2.6 2.3 1.3-3.3
Native American 12 (0.5) 0.3-0.8 0.4 0.3-0.7
Caribbean/West Indian 3 (0.1) 0-0.4 0.2 <0.1-0.3
Mixed 98 (3.9) 3.2-4.7 3.5 2.6-4.3
Other or missing 64 (2.5) 2.0-3.2 2.4 1.6-3.2
Country of birth
United States 1,718 (67.6) 65.7-69.4 69.6 64.6-74.5
Mexico 552 (21.7) 20.1-23.4 19.2 15.4-23.1
Other 272 (10.7) 9.5-12.0 11.2 8.9-13.5
Education
Less than high school 1,112 (43.7) 41.8-45.7 41.6 37.8-45.3
More than high school 751 (29.5) 27.8-31.4 30.7 27.5-34.0
High school graduate 673 (26.5) 24.8-28.2 27.7 24.6-30.8
Income last month, $
<$1,000 1,462 (57.5) 55.5-59.4 57.1 53.3-60.9
$1,000 to $4,999 920 (36.2) 34.3-38.1 36.7 33.2-40.3
≥$5,000 39 (1.5) 1.1-2.1 1.9 1.2-2.5
Unknown, refused, or missing 122 (4.8) 4.0-5.7 4.3 3.4-5.2
Marital status
Single/never married 1,436 (56.5) 54.5-58.4 59.5 55.8-63.3
Married 605 (23.8) 22.2-25.5 21.6 8.9-24.3
Members of unmarried couple 260 (10.2) 9.1-11.5 9.6 7.9-11.3
Separated 138 (5.4) 4.6-6.4 5.4 4.4-6.5
Divorced 78 (3.1) 2.4-3.8 2.9 2.2-3.7
Widowed 7 (0.3) 0.1-0.6 0.2 0.1-0.4
Other, refused, or missing 19 (0.8) 0.5-1.2 0.6 0.3-1.0
Median age, yr 23.9
CI = confidence interval.
*

Totals do not always add up to 2,543 because of missing data.