Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample and bivariate associations with self-rated health (n=3644)

	Total*		Self-rated health*
	Weighted		Good/very good/excellent health	Poor/fair health	P-value
	n	(%)	(%)	(%)
Overall	n=3600 (weighted)	100	84.7	15.3
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	2777	77.1	77.6	74.4	0.18
Black, non-Hispanic	410	11.4	11.3	11.3
Hispanic	414	11.5	11.1	13.6
Gender
Male	1708	47.5	47.6	46.6	0.66
Female	1892	52.5	52.4	53.4
Marital status
Married	2109	58.6	61.4	42.9
Widowed	259	7.2	6.2	12.7	<0.0001
Divorced	380	10.6	9.4	17.1
Separated	51	1.4	1.3	2.0
Never married	661	18.4	17.7	21.9
Domestic partnership	141	3.9	4.0	3.4
Income
Under $10,000	342	9.5	7.1	23.1
$10,000–$24,999	570	15.8	13.6	28.3	<0.0001
$25,000–$39,999	655	18.2	18.5	16.4
$40,000–$59,999	668	18.6	19.2	15.0
$60,000–$74,999	316	8.8	9.5	4.8
$75,000–$99,999	541	15.0	16.6	6.4
$100,000 or more	508	14.1	15.6	6.1
Education
No high school degree	194	5.4	4.2	11.8
High school graduate	950	26.4	25.0	34.0	<0.0001
Some college	1326	36.8	36.8	36.8
College graduate	662	18.4	19.8	10.6
Post-graduate degree	468	13.0	14.1	6.7
Home ownership
Does not own residence	842	23.4	20.7	38.5	<0.0001
Owns residence	2758	76.6	79.4	61.5
	Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age (in years)	48.3 (16.6)		47.7 (16.4)	51.5 (17.2)	<0.0001

Bolded values are statistically significant, p<0.05.

^*Weighted numbers and frequencies reported for all sociodemographic characteristics. Weighted numbers may not exactly equal weighted sample size and weighted frequencies may not exactly equal 100% due to rounding.