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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Aug 13;92(1-3):27–36. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.06.001

Table 3.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Wave 2 NESARC Respondents

n % (SE)
Sex
 Male 14,564 47.9 0.34
 Female 20,089 52.1 0.34
Race-ethnicity
 White 20,161 70.9 1.54
 Black 6,587 11.1 2.19
 Hispanic 6,359 11.6 1.19
 Asian 968 4.3 0.52
 Native American 578 2.2 0.18
Age
 20–29 4,913 16.3 0.31
 30–34 3,116 9.1 0.22
 35–44 7,487 20.6 0.29
 45–54 6,825 20.0 0.27
 55–64 5,135 14.6 0.23
 65+ 7,177 19.3 0.34
Education
 Less than high school 5,514 14.0 0.45
 High school graduate 9,452 27.5 0.53
 Some college and beyond 19,687 58.5 0.63
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 18,866 63.8 0.48
 Widowed/separated/divorced 9,149 18.9 0.26
 Never married 6,638 17.4 0.45