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. 2008 Mar 25;85(3):411–427. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9267-x

TABLE 1.

Pre/Post 9/11 respondent characteristics

  Interviewed pre-9/11 (n = 266) Interviewed post-9/11 (n = 173)
Variable Number Percentage Number Percentage
Age
18–25 111 41.7 78 45.0
26–30 72 27.2 40 23.3
31+ 83 31.1 55 31.7
Race/ethnicity
African American 120 45.3 57 33.0
Hispanic 60 22.7 37 21.1
Other 23 8.7 16 9.4
White 62 23.3 63 36.5
Gender
Male 123 46.3 85 49.2
Female 143 53.7 88 50.8
SES
Low 90 34.0 35 20.0
Medium 128 48.1 76 44.1
High* 48 17.9 62 36.0
Children present in household
Yes** 183 68.8 75 43.5
No 83 31.2 98 56.6

Only cases with valid urine and oral fluid tests were included. Sample sizes are weighted and rounded to the nearest whole value; some percentage estimates may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01