TABLE 1—

Weighted Descriptive Statistics for Pooled Data: 1998–2000 California Work and Health Survey (n = 3464)13

Class of Variable	Variable	Percentage or Mean
Outcomes	Obesitya	35
	Fair or poor health	12
	Depressionb	6
Basic model	Educational attainment
	Less than high school education	5
	High school education or some college	56
	Bachelor’s degree	25
	Graduate degree	14
	Female	50
	Race
	White	75
	Black	8
	Asian	5
	Other	9
	Missing	3
	Latino ethnicity	14
	Age group
	25–39	40
	40–54	39
	55–69	21
	Lives in a rural area	10
	County unemployment rate, mean	5.40 (SD = 3.06)
Social relationships	Marital status
	Married or cohabiting	52
	Divorced, separated, or widowed	24
	Never married	24
	Has children under age 5	13
	Has children aged 5 to 17	28
	Has at least 1 close friend	94
	Has at least 1 close family member	91
Health behaviors	Current smoker	21
	Former smoker	27
	Engaged in physical activity at least once during the past month	83
	Quality of sleep (4 = best, 0 = worst), mean	2.19 (SD = 1.23)
Financial strain	Ability to live on household income (4 = most difficult, 0 = least difficult),c mean	0.77 (SD = 1.04)
	Likelihood of hardships or reductions in standard of living (3 = most likely, 0 = least likely),d mean	0.45 (SD = 0.72)
Health care access	Has any health insurance	85
	Has a usual source of medical care	84

Note. SD = standard deviation. Education, race, age group, and marital status are entered into the regression models as a series of dichotomous indicators for each category, with 1 category omitted.

^aBody mass index is greater than 27.3 for women and greater than 27.8 for men.

^bReported at least 7 of 15 depressive symptoms from the Short Geriatric Depression Scale during the past week.

^cResponse to question: “How difficult is it for you to live on your total household income right now: not at all difficult, somewhat difficult, difficult, very difficult, or extremely difficult?”

^dAverage of reverse-coded responses to the following 2 questions: (1) “In the next 2 months, how likely is it that you and your family will experience actual hardships, such as inadequate housing, food, or medical attention: very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not at all likely?” and (2) “In the next 2 months, how likely is it that you and your family will have to reduce your standard of living to the bare necessities in life: very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not at all likely?”