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. 2010 Aug 11;10:475. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-475

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of PHMC Sample

Demographic Variable %
Total
(N = 9,553)
%
Males
(N = 3,137)
%
Females
(N = 6,416)
Age 18-39 26.8 25.1 27.6

40-64 50.7 53.4 49.4

>65 22.5 21.5 23

Race White 65.7 71.1 63.1

African-American 21.1 16 23.6

Latino/Hispanic 10.6 9.6 11

Other 2.6 3.3 2.3

Income Threshold Above 73.2 79.5 70.1

Below 26.8 20.5 29.9

Race X Income Categories White, Not Poor 55.5 62.6 52.0

White, Poor 10.2 8.5 11.1

AA, Not Poor 11.6 9.7 12.5

AA, Poor 9.5 6.4 11.1

Latino, Not Poor 4.1 4.6 3.8

Latino, Poor 6.5 5 7.2

Other, Not Poor 2 2.6 1.7

Other, Poor 0.6 0.6 0.6

Education <High school graduate 9.4 9 9.6

High school graduate 32.1 28.2 33.9

Some college 21.3 19.7 22.1

College graduate 22.4 24.5 21.3

Post college 14.9 18.6 13

Employment Employed 59.3 66 56

Unemployed 5.1 4.7 5.3

Retired 22.4 21.9 22.6

Disabled 6.5 5.9 6.8

Other 6.7 1.5 9.3

Marital Status Married 49 56.5 45.3

Living with partner 5 4.7 5.1

Single 22.5 23.3 22.1

Widow 11.5 5.9 14.2

Other 12 9.5 13.2

Sleep Quality 1 - Restless 9.6 7.2 10.8

2 8.5 8 8.8

3 23.9 22.4 24.6

4 26.1 29.2 24.6

5 - Restful 31.8 33.2 31.2

General Health Excellent 31 32.3 30.3

Good 47.3 47.4 47.2

Fair 16.6 15.7 17

Poor 5.2 4.6 5.5

Mental Illness Absent 85.5 89.5 83.5

Present 14.5 10.5 16.5

BMI ≤25 39.6 30.4 44.2

25-30 35.4 45.7 30.3

>30 25 23.9 25.5

Stress Levels Low (1-2) 19.6 24.3 17.3

Mild (3-4) 20.2 22.9 18.9

Moderate (5-6) 27.4 25.8 28.2

High (7-8) 20.9 19.5 21.5

Very high (9-10) 11.9 7.6 14.1

Heavy Alcohol Use No 95.6 92.1 97.3

Yes 4.4 7.9 2.7

Smoking No 79.3 78.7 79.6

Yes 20.7 21.3 20.4
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