Table 4 Descriptive statistics for the final sample analysed in multilevel models.
| Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair/poor health | Yes (n = 2988, 12.0%) | No (n = 21847, 88.0%) | |||
| Level 1, individuals, n = 24835: individual level independent variables, by outcome | |||||
| Age (in years) | Mean = 51.0; Range = 18, 96 | Mean = 43.8; Range = 18, 99 | |||
| Frequency (n) | Proportion (%) | Frequency (n) | Proportion (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| *Male | 1112 | 37.2 | 9098 | 41.6 | |
| Female | 1876 | 62.8 | 12749 | 58.4 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| *White | 2162 | 72.4 | 17225 | 78.8 | |
| Black | 469 | 15.7 | 2558 | 11.7 | |
| Asian | 58 | 1.9 | 558 | 2.6 | |
| Native American | 62 | 2.1 | 239 | 1.1 | |
| Other | 237 | 7.9 | 1267 | 5.8 | |
| Marital status | |||||
| *Married | 1265 | 42.3 | 11516 | 52.7 | |
| Single | 651 | 21.8 | 5555 | 25.4 | |
| Widowed | 445 | 14.9 | 1435 | 6.6 | |
| Divorced | 472 | 15.8 | 2745 | 12.6 | |
| Separated | 155 | 5.2 | 596 | 2.7 | |
| Educational attainment | |||||
| ⩽High school | 1577 | 52.8 | 6681 | 30.6 | |
| Some college | 906 | 30.3 | 7157 | 32.8 | |
| *⩾College | 505 | 16.9 | 8009 | 36.7 | |
| Annual household income ($) | |||||
| <20000 | 892 | 29.9 | 2353 | 10.8 | |
| 20000–29999 | 512 | 17.1 | 2708 | 12.4 | |
| 30000–49999 | 562 | 18.8 | 5042 | 23.1 | |
| 50000–74999 | 304 | 10.2 | 4119 | 18.9 | |
| 75000–99999 | 147 | 4.9 | 2281 | 10.4 | |
| Unspecified/missing | 450 | 15.1 | 2841 | 13.0 | |
| *⩾100000 | 121 | 4.0 | 2503 | 11.5 | |
| Social capital | |||||
| Formal bonding | |||||
| *Low | 2155 | 72.1 | 15749 | 72.1 | |
| High | 254 | 8.5 | 3081 | 14.1 | |
| Missing | 579 | 19.4 | 3017 | 13.8 | |
| Trust own race/ethnicity | |||||
| *Low | 1923 | 64.4 | 13062 | 59.8 | |
| High | 707 | 23.7 | 6383 | 29.2 | |
| Missing | 358 | 12.0 | 2402 | 11.0 | |
| Formal bridging | |||||
| *Low | 2286 | 76.5 | 17827 | 81.6 | |
| High | 123 | 4.1 | 1003 | 4.6 | |
| Missing | 579 | 19.4 | 3017 | 13.8 | |
| Informal bridging | |||||
| *Low | 1752 | 58.6 | 10516 | 48.1 | |
| High | 1192 | 39.9 | 11030 | 50.5 | |
| Missing | 44 | 1.5 | 301 | 1.4 | |
| Social trust | |||||
| *Low | 1682 | 56.3 | 8462 | 38.7 | |
| High | 1306 | 43.7 | 13385 | 61.3 | |
| Level 2, communities, n = 40: community level independent variables | |||||
| Bonding social capital | Mean = 0 | Range = −2.1, 2.6 | |||
| Bridging social capital | Mean = 0 | Range = −2.6, 2.2 | |||
| % Income<$20000 | Mean = 15.1 | Range = 6.8, 22.4 | |||
| % Education⩽high school | Mean = 31.9 | Range = 14.5,47.8 | |||
| Mean age (in years) | Mean = 44.8 | Range = 40.2, 53.4 | |||
| State community | *Non‐state community (n = 36, 90.0%) | ||||
| State community (n = 4, 10.0%) | |||||
*Reference categories used for regression analyses.