Table 1.
Descriptive demographics and sample characteristics (N = 1042)
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| 18–44 | 749 | 71.9 |
| 45–65 | 293 | 28.1 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 677 | 65.0 |
| Female | 364 | 34.9 |
| Other | 1 | 0.1 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 665 | 63.8 |
| Unmarried, living with a romantic partner | 162 | 15.6 |
| Never married | 139 | 13.3 |
| Separated | 23 | 2.2 |
| Divorced | 37 | 3.6 |
| Widowed | 16 | 1.5 |
| Education | ||
| Less than high school | 29 | 2.8 |
| High school diploma / GED | 147 | 14.1 |
| Trade school/vocational school | 167 | 16.0 |
| Some college, no degree | 280 | 27.0 |
| 2-year college | 143 | 13.7 |
| 4-year college degree | 217 | 20.8 |
| Master’s degree | 42 | 4.0 |
| Doctoral degree | 17 | 1.5 |
| Annual income | ||
| $9,999 or less | 86 | 8.3 |
| $10,000 to $29,999 | 249 | 23.9 |
| $30,000 to $49,999 | 349 | 33.5 |
| $50,000 or more | 358 | 34.4 |
| Insurance | ||
| None | 209 | 20.1 |
| Public | 620 | 59.5 |
| Private | 208 | 20.0 |
| Military healthcare | 5 | 0.5 |
| Ethnic identity/origin | ||
| African | 187 | 18.0 |
| African-American | 804 | 77.2 |
| Afro-Caribbean | 44 | 4.2 |
| Other* | 7 | 0.7 |
| How long in U.S.? | ||
| Less than 2 years | 17 | 1.6 |
| 2 to 5 years | 142 | 13.6 |
| 6 to 10 years | 222 | 21.3 |
| More than 10 years | 661 | 63.4 |
| Citizenship status | ||
| Citizen | 863 | 82.8 |
| Non-citizen | 179 | 17.2 |
*
Person identified as Black but did not select any of the three ethnicities and was not included in the stratified analysis that measured ethnicity