Table II.

Panel Entry Characteristics of Excluded Respondents and Panel vs. Survey Entry Characteristics of Included Respondents

	Excluded (N=1,344)	Included (N=666)			2000 US Census %
Self-reported Characteristics	Entry	Entry	Survey
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	p-value*
Age				0.954
18 to 24	45 (3)	22 (3)	22 (3)		13.0
25 to 34	143 (11)	62 (9)	63 (9)		19.1
35 to 44	203 (15)	79 (12)	85 (13)		21.6
45 to 54	323 (24)	156 (23)	162 (24)		18.0
55 to 65	395 (29)	211 (32)	212 (32)		11.6
+65	235 (17)	136 (20)	122 (18)		16.7
Gender				0.860
Male	428 (32)	213 (32)	210 (32)		48.3
Female	916 (68)	453 (68)	456 (68)		51.7
Race				0.138
White	1137 (85)	569 (85)	568 (85)		77.4
Black	58 (4)	21 (3)	35 (5)		11.4
Other	136 (10)	71 (11)	63 (9)		11.2
Non-response	13 (1)	5 (1)
Ethnicity				0.739
Hispanic	47 (3)	17 (3)	17 (3)		11.0
Other	1155 (86)	578 (87)	649 (97)		89.0
Non-response	142 (11)	71 (11)
Income				0.002
<$30,000	366 (27)	183 (27)	213 (32)		35.1
$30,000 to $69,999	451 (34)	229 (34)	265 (40)		42.4
>$70,000	406 (30)	206 (31)	152 (23)		22.5
Non-response	121 (9)	48 (7)
Education				0.097
High School or less	283 (21)	139 (21)	151 (23)		48.2
Some College	511 (38)	262 (39)	279 (42)		27.4
College or more	396 (29)	194 (29)	158 (24)		24.4
Non-response	154 (11)	71 (11)
Census Division				1.000
New England	58 (4)	30 (5)	32 (5)		4.9
Middle Atlantic	185 (14)	103 (15)	99 (15)		14.1
East North Central	232 (17)	121 (18)	121 (18)		16.0
West North Central	97 (7)	45 (7)	46 (7)		6.8
South Atlantic	308 (23)	135 (20)	135 (20)		18.4
East South Central	76 (6)	28 (4)	30 (5)		6.0
West South Central	122 (9)	62 (9)	61 (9)		11.2
Mountain	101 (8)	54 (8)	55 (8)		6.5
Pacific	165 (12)	88 (13)	87 (13)		16.0

^*p-value represents Entry versus Survey