TABLE 1.

Weighted Characteristics of Survey Respondents Compared with National Rates, 2006/2007

	Full Sample (N = 1,009)	National Rates
Individual characteristicsa
Female (%)	51.5	52.0
Age (%)
Age 18–29	21.9	21.7
Age 30–44	28.1	31.4
Age 45–59	27.6	25.8
Age 60+	22.4	21.4
Race/ethnicity (%)
White/non-Hispanic	67.8	69.9
Black	11.3	11.2
Hispanic	12.9	12.7
Other	7.8	6.2
Education (%)
<High school degree	14.7	16.7
High school degree	31.3	32.3
Some college	27.7	27.1
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3	23.4
Household income (%)
<$30,000	43.5	27.5
$30,000–$74,999	38.0	41.3
>=$75,000	18.5	31.2
Employment status (%)
Employed	61.7	NA
Unemployed	5.7	NA
Retired	15.3	NA
Other (e.g., disabled, homemaker, other)	17.3	NA
Region (%)
Northeast	18.6	19.1
Midwest	22.4	22.8
South	36.2	35.6
West	22.8	22.6
Health characteristicsb
Mean BMI	28.1
BMI <25 (%)	30.5	39.2
BMI 25–29	34.1	35.0
BMI 30+	35.4	25.8
Self-reported health (%)
Excellent/very good	46.9	61.1
Good	37.9	26.2
Fair/poor	15.2	12.3
Self-reported exercise level per week (%)
3+ times per week	32.1	24.0
1–2 times per week	24.2	11.5
<1 per week/never	43.7	64.4
Political attitudesc
Political ideology (%)
Conservative	33.1	41.4
Moderate/“middle of the road”	41.4	33.5
Liberal	25.5	25.1
Party identification (%)
Republican	41.4	40.6
Undecided/independent	6.3	9.7
Democrat	52.3	49.7

Note: KN sample weights used to calculate descriptive statistics.

^aComparison data extracted from the September 2007 Current Population Survey. Question wording differed for employment variable in KN and CPS, therefore no comparison data are provided.

^bComparison data extracted from the 2006 National Health Interview Survey, CDC National Center for Health Statistics.

^cComparison data extracted from the 2004 American National Election Study (NES).