Table 3.
Characteristics of Individuals Reporting “Problems Staying Awake During the Day,” Georgia, September 2004–July 2005
| Metropolitan, Weighted % (SE) | Urban, Weighted % (SE) | Rural, Weighted % (SE) | |
| Sex (n = 5,630) | |||
| Female | 29.58 (2.39) | 29.44 (1.80) | 31.24 (1.62) |
| Male | 20.36 (2.60) | 23.52 (2.49) | 23.34 (2.09) |
| Age, years (n = 5,607) | |||
| 18–29 | 28.71 (4.11) | 28.42 (3.54) | 23.46 (2.98) |
| 30–39 | 20.54 (2.65) | 21.76 (2.50) | 29.51 (2.98) |
| 40–49 | 28.57 (3.45) | 24.15 (2.22) | 25.20 (1.84) |
| 50–59 | 22.70* (3.34) | 34.38* (3.07) | 32.33* (2.26) |
| Race (n = 5,439) | |||
| White | 25.27 (2.56) | 25.32 (1.93) | 27.18 (1.51) |
| Black | 26.43 (2.74) | 26.70 (2.50) | 26.31 (2.74) |
| All others | 38.16 (12.60) | 37.60 (8.66) | 41.51 (8.53) |
| Education (n = 5,500) | |||
| High school graduate or less | 26.91* (7.67) | 50.16* (5.34) | 34.45* (4.14) |
| Post-high school graduate, <2 years of college | 29.75 (3.48) | 28.40 (2.22) | 29.04 (1.84) |
| ≥2-year college graduate | 23.24 (2.17) | 17.59 (1.69) | 21.46 (2.01) |
| Employment (n = 5,478) | |||
| Employed | 24.17 (2.00) | 22.39 (1.77) | 22.83 (1.55) |
| Unemployed | 24.96* (6.09) | 33.27* (5.04) | 47.98* (5.73) |
| Retired | 41.19 (14.89) | 31.83 (8.22) | 33.06 (6.40) |
| Disabled | 36.16* (8.93) | 62.35* (5.17) | 64.11* (4.37) |
| Student/homemaker | 28.83 (6.90) | 31.63 (5.61) | 23.37 (3.59) |
| Income, US dollars (n = 4,859) | |||
| ≤30,000 | 31.57 (3.92) | 32.49 (2.84) | 38.79 (2.76) |
| 30,001–50,000 | 30.20 (5.33) | 26.95 (3.74) | 26.80 (2.86) |
| 50,001–70,000 | 26.50 (4.45) | 23.45 (3.35) | 20.63 (2.46) |
| ≥70,001 | 21.44 (2.89) | 17.38 (2.74) | 19.28 (2.53) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (n = 5,501) | |||
| <18.5 (underweight) | 35.24 (14.16) | 29.08 (8.04) | 40.74 (8.54) |
| 18.5–24.9 (normal) | 25.02 (2.91) | 19.75 (2.05) | 25.19 (2.05) |
| 25–29.9 (overweight) | 23.17 (2.90) | 29.63 (3.10) | 25.77 (2.06) |
| 30–34.9 (obese) | 20.03 (3.79) | 28.19 (3.45) | 31.27 (4.20) |
| 35–39.9 (very obese) | 27.58 (7.30) | 32.35 (4.80) | 33.68 (4.47) |
| ≥40 (morbidly obese) | 53.60 (11.72) | 42.16 (7.20) | 25.74 (4.54) |
Abbreviation: SE, standard error.
*
P < 0.05. (The P values were derived from a Wald chi-squared test for prevalence in residential areas associated with sociodemographics.)