Table 3.

Mean county disadvantage characteristics, overall and by disadvantage index quartile (n=100)

	Overall	Disadvantage Index Quartiles
		Quartile 1	Quartile 2	Quartile 3	Quartile 4
Median income (thousands $)	34.9 (57.6)	41.8 (4.5)	36.6 (2.9)	32.0 (2.6)	29.1 (2.3)
Percent below poverty	14.3 (4.3)	9.8 (1.6)	12.2 (1.8)	15.4 (2.3)	19.9 (2.2)
Percent family households female- headed	9.8 (3.1)	8.3 (1.9)	8.9 (2.2)	8.4 (2.6)	13.5 (2.4)
Percent unemployed	4.4 (1.3)	3.2 (0.5)	3.9 (0.7)	4.6 (1.0)	5.9 (1.2)
Percent on public assistance	3.2 (1.4)	2.0 (0.4)	2.7 (0.5)	3.2 (0.7)	5.1 (1.0)
Percent adults with less than high school education	26.0 (6.3)	19.9 (5.4)	24.1 (5.3)	28.7 (3.5)	31.4 (3.4)