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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2009 Oct;47(10):1077–1083. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a80fc9

TABLE 1.

Sample Characteristics Unweighted and Weighted Sample (N = 391)

Sample Characteristics Unweighted % or Mean 95% CI Weighted % or Mean 95% CI
Age (yr) 33.59 32.40–34.78 34.31 32.97–35.64
Female 24.04 20.03–28.57 21.48 17.04–25.91
Ethnicity
 African American 24.30 20.03–28.57 18.63 14.64–22.63
 Hispanic American 48.34 43.36–53.31 48.99 43.47–54.52
 Non-Hispanic White 20.72 16.68–24.75 24.79 19.68–29.90
 Other ethnicity/race 6.65 4.17–9.13 7.59 4.47–10.71
Assault (vs. accident) 30.18 25.61–34.75 31.77 26.38–37.16
Injury severity score 9.73 8.96–10.51 8.51 7.75–9.26
Monthly income (dollars) 867.02 697.48–1036.57 925.66 709.63–1141.68
Employment status
 Employed 43.22 38.29–48.15 42.87 37.43–48.31
 Unemployed 21.48 17.39–25.57 22.56 17.75–27.37
 Disabled 35.29 30.54–40.05 34.57 29.32–39.82
Health insurance 48.85 43.87–53.83 47.86 42.34–53.39
 Includes mental health coverage 27.88 23.41–32.34 27.28 22.29–32.26
*

Sample limited to those 391 respondents with data from all 3 waves.

Attrition and poststratification weights were applied.

Income, employment, and insurance status were measured 6 months after the injury; all other variables measured at the baseline interview.