Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Each Race/Ethnic Group.*
| White | Hispanic | African American | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted n | 28,519 | 1,682 | 5,927 | |
| Weighted n | 12,774,954 | 951,045 | 2,245,210 | |
| Variable | Column Percent Based on Weighted Data | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 51.8 | 46.1 | 56.0 | |
| Male | 48.2 | 53.9 | 44.0 | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–24 | 11.9 | 23.6 | 18.3 | |
| 25–34 | 16.5 | 28.7 | 20.1 | |
| 35–44 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 21.0 | |
| 45–54 | 19.6 | 13.7 | 18.1 | |
| 55–64 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 10.6 | |
| 65 or older | 18.0 | 7.1 | 11.8 | |
| Income | ||||
| < $15K | 7.7 | 16.6 | 21.4 | |
| $15K – $25K | 14.8 | 31.4 | 28.9 | |
| $25K – $35K | 14.6 | 17.0 | 17.4 | |
| $35K – $50K | 18.5 | 14.3 | 15.0 | |
| > $50K | 44.4 | 20.7 | 17.3 | |
| Education | ||||
| Less than HS | 7.7 | 30.8 | 17.9 | |
| HS Graduate | 31.6 | 35.9 | 37.2 | |
| Some College | 26.9 | 19.2 | 25.7 | |
| College Degree | 33.8 | 14.1 | 19.2 | |
| Health care coverage | ||||
| Yes | 88.3 | 66.0 | 76.9 | |
| No | 11.7 | 34.0 | 23.1 | |
| Was medical care cost-prohibitive in last 12 months? | ||||
| No | 89.0 | 80.1 | 79.0 | |
| Yes | 11.0 | 19.9 | 21.0 | |
| How often do you think about your race? | ||||
| Once a month or less | 88.6 | 53.7 | 58.6 | |
| Once a week | 6.2 | 10.6 | 7.9 | |
| Once a day or more | 5.2 | 35.7 | 33.5 | |
| State | ||||
| AK | 13.2 | 6.0 | 8.0 | |
| CO | 20.5 | 58.7 | 3.4 | |
| DE | 3.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | |
| DC | 1.1 | 2.5 | 11.0 | |
| MS | 10.4 | 4.4 | 30.6 | |
| RI | 5.5 | 7.7 | 1.2 | |
| SC | 16.5 | 9.7 | 35.3 | |
| WI | 29.0 | 8.7 | 6.8 | |
*
P values for all comparisons across race/ethnic groups (using chi-square tests) were < .0001.