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. 2007 Feb 9;3:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-3-8

Table 1.

Demographic Factors: Overall and by State – Frequencies

Overall
N = 4828
MT
N = 1502
ND
N = 1688
SD
N = 1638
Race/Ethnicity
American Indian 8.9% 12.4% 7.9% 6.7%
Asian 0.8% 0.4% 1.0% 0.9%
Black 0.5% 0.1% 0.6% 0.7%
Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4%
White 88.7% 86.3% 88.9% 90.7%
Hispanic 3.2% 4.3% 3.0% 2.4%
Other 1.1% 1.6% 0.8% 0.8%
Marital Status
Single 19.0% 20.0% 17.1% 20.1%
Married 65.7% 59.3% 71.7% 65.4%
Living together 13.4% 18.3% 10.0% 12.5%
Separated 1.3% 2.1% 0.7% 1.1%
Divorced 1.4% 1.6% 1.2% 1.6%
Employment
Unemployed 10.4% 14.2% 9.1% 8.2%
Full-time housewife 15.8% 18.9% 15.5% 13.2%
Employed 69.4% 61.7% 70.7% 75.0%
Income
$0–$10,000 14.7% 20.7% 10.5% 13.7%
$10,001–$20,000 15.5% 20.2% 13.1% 13.8%
$20,001–$30,000 15.7% 16.9% 14.4% 16.0%
$30,001–$50,000 27.0% 23.1% 28.7% 28.7%
Over $50,000 27.1% 19.0% 33.3% 27.7%
Overall Health
Excellent 15.6% 15.1% 16.5% 15.1%
Very good 45.1% 41.2% 49.5% 44.1%
Good 36.3% 39.4% 32.0% 37.9%
Fair 2.9% 4.1% 2.0% 2.8%
Poor 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
Felt Sad, Discouraged, Hopeless, etc., in Last Month
Extremely 1.0% 1.6% 0.7% 0.8%
Very much 2.6% 4.1% 1.6% 2.2%
Quite a bit 4.4% 5.0% 3.2% 5.1%
Some 10.9% 13.9% 9.0% 10.1%
A little bit 26.5% 25.6% 26.2% 27.8%
Not at all 54.6% 49.8% 59.3% 54.0%