Table 1.
Characteristics of the 12 health behavior profiles (U.S. adults over age 50 in 1998)
| |
Non-smokers |
Smokers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Active, mod. drinker |
Active, non-drinker |
Active, heavy drinker |
Inactive, mod. drinker |
Inactive, non-drinker |
Inactive, heavy drinker |
Active, mod. drinker |
Active, non-drinker |
Active, heavy drinker |
Inactive, mod. drinker |
Inactive, non-drinker |
Inactive, heavy drinker |
| N | 1,986 | 4,662 | 664 | 1,684 | 6,702 | 594 | 286 | 820 | 274 | 384 | 1,274 | 332 |
| % |
10.1 |
23.7 |
3.4 |
8.6 |
34.1 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
4.2 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
6.5 |
1.7 |
| Gendera |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % Women |
45.1 |
57.1 |
25.0 |
51.1 |
66.8 |
23.4 |
44.1 |
54.4 |
27.4 |
54.4 |
62.9 |
33.1 |
| % Men |
54.9 |
42.9 |
75.0 |
48.9 |
33.2 |
76.6 |
55.9 |
45.6 |
72.6 |
45.6 |
37.1 |
66.9 |
| Mean Agea (SD) |
63.5 (9.2) |
65.1 (9.7) |
63.1 (8.4) |
66.4 (11.1) |
68.5 (11.2) |
64.8 (9.6) |
59.2 (7.0) |
59.8 (7.6) |
58.8 (7.0) |
61.0 (8.5) |
62.6 (8.9) |
61.3 (8.0) |
| Mean Educationa (SD) |
13.7 (2.7) |
12.2 (3.1) |
13.7 (2.7) |
13.2 (2.9) |
11.5 (3.5) |
13.0 (3.0) |
12.5 (2.7) |
11.7 (2.8) |
12.5 (3.0) |
12.5 (3.0) |
11.3 (3.2) |
12.1 (2.9) |
| Mean Household Income, x 1000a (SD) |
83.9 (137.9) |
50.4 (61.8) |
83.7 (111.3) |
70.7 (153.3) |
38.0 (49.6) |
100.1 (462.7) |
60.1 (58.0) |
44.3 (53.6) |
68.6 (119.8) |
56.8 (93.7) |
32.3 (37.7) |
59.2 (93.3) |
| Marital statusa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % Married |
78.3 |
69.3 |
82.7 |
72.3 |
59.1 |
77.2 |
66.1 |
61.6 |
63.9 |
59.8 |
52.6 |
65.7 |
| % Unmarried |
21.7 |
30.7 |
17.3 |
27.7 |
40.9 |
22.8 |
33.9 |
38.4 |
36.1 |
40.2 |
47.4 |
34.3 |
| Racea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % White |
94.4 |
89.1 |
94.4 |
94.1 |
85.5 |
93.6 |
87.8 |
84.9 |
89.8 |
88.0 |
82.7 |
90.1 |
| % Other |
5.6 |
10.9 |
5.6 |
5.9 |
14.5 |
6.4 |
12.2 |
15.1 |
10.2 |
12.0 |
17.3 |
9.9 |
| Self-rated healtha |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % G/VG/Ex |
90.4 |
79.7 |
89.0 |
77.3 |
58.2 |
75.9 |
84.3 |
76.3 |
86.1 |
68.8 |
51.6 |
72.3 |
| % Fair/Poor |
9.6 |
20.3 |
11.0 |
22.7 |
41.8 |
24.1 |
15.7 |
23.7 |
13.9 |
31.3 |
48.4 |
27.7 |
| Body Mass Indexa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % Underweight |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
5.0 |
5.9 |
3.3 |
| % Normal |
41.5 |
36.5 |
35.7 |
34.5 |
31.3 |
30.5 |
49.7 |
44.4 |
50.7 |
42.7 |
39.7 |
47.9 |
| % Overweight | 57.3 | 62.3 | 64.0 | 64.2 | 66.1 | 68.8 | 49.3 | 53.6 | 47.8 | 52.4 | 54.4 | 48.8 |
a p ≤ .001 based on chi-square tests for differences in gender, marital status, race, self-rated health, and body mass index across health behavior profiles, and F-tests (ANOVA) for differences in age, education, and household income.