Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Respondents with or without Self-Reported Pain Conditions

N, weighted %	With Lifetime Self-Reported Pain		Without Lifetime Self-Reported Pain (N=2298)		P Value	χ2/F	df
Gender, Female	2133	58.6%	1176	46.6%	<0.001	46.8	1
Age Group					<0.001	119.39	2
18–44 years	1641	42.7%	1556	63.6%
45–64 years	1221	36.1%	564	25.0%
65 years and older	529	21.2%	178	11.4%
Race/Ancestry					<0.001	22.14	4
Non-Latino White	2547	76.3%	1630	68.6%
African-American or Afro-Caribbean	401	10.8%	316	14.2%
Hispanic	283	9.4%	244	13.0%
Asian	34	1.0%	49	2.5%
Other	126	2.5%	59	1.8%
Education					<0.001	28.18	3
0–11 years	570	19.3%	279	13.8%
12 years	1050	33.5%	660	31.2%
13–15 years	1011	27.2%	698	28.0%
16 years or more	760	19.9%	661	26.9%
Marital Status					<0.001	109.33	2
Married/cohabiting	1948	58.2%	1287	53.4%
Divorced/separated/widowed	870	25.2%	368	15.6%
Never married	573	16.6%	643	30.9%
Household Income, Mean ± SE	$55,765	±1,425.7	$63,374	±2,312.4	0.001	13.42	1, 42
Religion					0.13	5.70	3
Protestant	1837	55.3%	1154	51.8%
Catholic	766	23.0%	572	26.7%
No religion	503	14.2%	378	14.1%
Other	276	7.5%	182	7.4%