Table 1. Frequency and weighted percentages of socioeconomic and demographic variables among individuals in the HINTS 2003 survey.
VARIABLE | N | Weighted % |
Race/ethnicity | ||
Non-Hispanic White | 3845 | 76.8 |
English-speaking Hispanic | 399 | 6.4 |
Spanish-speaking Hispanic | 299 | 6.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 644 | 10.7 |
Education | ||
Less than high school | 602 | 15.8 |
High school | 1554 | 32.1 |
Some college | 1406 | 27.5 |
College graduate | 1625 | 24.6 |
Household income | ||
<$25,000 | 1561 | 28.6 |
$25,000 to <$35,000 | 744 | 13.7 |
$35,000 to <$50, 000 | 892 | 17.3 |
$50,000 to <$75,000 | 876 | 17.5 |
≥$75,000 | 1114 | 22.8 |
Employment | ||
Employed | 3161 | 61.9 |
Homemaker | 420 | 7.9 |
Student | 199 | 5.7 |
Retired | 898 | 14.5 |
Not employed | 509 | 10.0 |
Urbanicity | ||
Metro region ≥1 million | 2539 | 48.5 |
Metro region <1 million | 1666 | 32.4 |
Rural region ≥20,000 | 391 | 7.4 |
Rural region <20,000 | 591 | 11.7 |
Age (in years) | ||
18–34 | 1344 | 30.0 |
35–49 | 1657 | 32.5 |
50–64 | 1235 | 22.1 |
65–74 | 541 | 9.3 |
75+ | 410 | 6.1 |
Gender | ||
Male | 2071 | 48.3 |
Female | 3116 | 51.7 |
Marital status | ||
Married or committed | 2966 | 65.1 |
Not married | 2221 | 34.9 |
Health insurance | ||
Yes | 4533 | 85.7 |
No | 654 | 14.3 |
Children under age 18 | ||
No | 3146 | 57.0 |
Yes | 2041 | 43.0 |
History of cancer | ||
No | 4566 | 89.2 |
Yes | 621 | 10.9 |
Family history of cancer | ||
No | 1890 | 36.8 |
Yes | 3297 | 63.2 |
TOTAL | 5187 | 100.0 |