Table 1.

Percent Obese by Socioeconomic Characteristics of Sample (N = 747)

	Overall	Not Obese	Obese	p-value
	% (#)	%	%
Gender%				0.734
Male	19.46 (144)	61.11	38.89
Female	80.45 (596)	59.56	40.44
Age group%				0.004
Under 35	36.44 (270)	66.67	33.33
35–45	19.57 (145)	56.55	43.45
46–55	18.89 (140)	48.57	51.43
56–65	12.42 (92)	56.52	43.48
Over 65	12.69 (94)	65.96	34.04
Race/ethnicity%				0.367
non-Hispanic White	67.40 (490)	61.22	38.78
Hispanic	23.93 (174)	56.90	43.10
Black	7.29 (53)	50.94	49.06
Other	1.38 (10)	70.00	30.00
Marital status%				0.145
Married	52.94 (234)	62.57	37.43
Single	47.46 (140)	57.30	42.70
Educational status%				0.148
< high school degree	8.67 (35)	54.69	45.31
high school degree	36.86 (272)	64.71	35.29
Some college	38.48 (284)	55.99	44.01
college graduate	15.99 (118)	61.86	38.14
Number of persons living in the home%				0.956
Just me	16.21 (119)	60.50	39.50
One additional person	26.29 (193)	60.62	39.38
Two or more	57.49 (422)	59.48	40.52
Number of places to walk%				0.023
None	29.91 (210)	52.38	47.62
One place	15.95 (112)	60.71	39.29
Two or more	54.13 (380)	63.95	36.05
Worried about having enough food%				0.033
Yes	26.91 (194)	53.09	46.91
No	73.09 (527)	61.86	38.14