Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Sample*
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted | 6,666 | 22,173 | 28,839 |
| Weighted | 2,789,916 | 8,252,728 | 11,042,644 |
| Variable | Column percentage unless otherwise noted | ||
| Perceived discrimination in health care | |||
| Negative discrimination | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| No discrimination | 80.4 | 83.2 | 82.5 |
| Positive discrimination | 16.9 | 13.7 | 14.5 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 86.8 | 79.6 | 81.5 |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 10.1 | 15.1 | 13.8 |
| Hispanic American | 3.0 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | – | – | 74.7 |
| Male | – | – | 25.3 |
| Age (mean, standard deviation) | 63.0(0.17) | 46.5(0.18) | 50.7(0.16) |
| Income | |||
| <$15 K | 8.9 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| $15 K–$25 K | 15.6 | 19.3 | 18.3 |
| $25 K–$35 K | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| $35 K–$50 K | 18.8 | 16.8 | 17.3 |
| >$50 K | 41.3 | 36.0 | 37.4 |
| Education | |||
| Less than HS | 11.5 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| HS graduate | 30.2 | 32.8 | 32.1 |
| Some college | 22.3 | 27.8 | 26.4 |
| College degree | 36.1 | 29.1 | 30.9 |
| Health care coverage | |||
| Yes | 91.6 | 87.1 | 88.3 |
| No | 8.4 | 12.9 | 11.7 |
| Affordability of medical care: Was medical care cost-prohibitive in last 12 months? | |||
| No | 92.6 | 85.3 | 87.2 |
| Yes | 7.4 | 14.7 | 12.8 |
| Health status | |||
| Excellent, very good, or good | 77.1 | 83.4 | 81.8 |
| Fair or poor | 22.9 | 16.6 | 18.2 |
| State | |||
| AK | 13.0 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| CO | 19.2 | 19.7 | 19.6 |
| DE | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| DC | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| MS | 12.4 | 13.2 | 13.0 |
| RI | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| SC | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.8 |
| WI | 25.4 | 24.5 | 24.8 |
*Characteristics of the male and female samples are described separately because a) the sample included males aged 40 and older and females aged 18 and older, and b) most of the preventive measures are sex-specific