Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of sample population and sample area, Mississippi Community Study, 2007a.
Frequencies and weighted percents of the sample population by category of individual sociodemographic characteristics, as well as medians and ranges of the sample counties by category of county-level characteristics.
| Individual | County | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N |
Weighted %b |
Median | Range |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 443 | 52 | ||
| Male | 265 | 48 | ||
| Age | ||||
| 18–34 | 110 | 28 | ||
| 35–64 | 411 | 53 | ||
| 65–91 | 187 | 19 | ||
| Race | ||||
| Black | 148 | 25 | ||
| White | 560 | 75 | ||
| Marital statusc | ||||
| Married/living with partner | 390 | 57 | ||
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 226 | 21 | ||
| Never married | 90 | 22 | ||
| Missing | 2 | <1 | ||
| Educational attainmentc | ||||
| Less than high school | 99 | 24 | ||
| High school/GED | 233 | 32 | ||
| Some college | 199 | 31 | ||
| College graduate | 176 | 13 | ||
| Missing | 1 | <1 | ||
| Annual household income before Katrinac | ||||
| <$20,000 | 151 | 27 | ||
| $20,000-$39,999 | 193 | 31 | ||
| $40,000-$59,999 | 111 | 15 | ||
| ≥$60,000 | 170 | 27 | ||
| Missing | 83 | 12 | ||
| Displacement after Katrina | ||||
| No | 499 | 74 | ||
| Yes | 208 | 26 | ||
| Moved (within county) after Katrina | ||||
| No | 652 | 92 | ||
| Yes | 56 | 8 | ||
| Lifetime PTSD symptoms | ||||
| 0 | 328 | 48 | ||
| 1–2 | 220 | 28 | ||
| 3–4 | 160 | 24 | ||
| Individual social cohesion score | ||||
| 0–2 (Low) | 82 | 16 | ||
| 2.1–3 | 189 | 24 | ||
| 3.1–4 (High) | 437 | 60 | ||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | ||
| Social support tertilec | ||||
| Low | 189 | 28 | ||
| Medium | 234 | 32 | ||
| High | 284 | 39 | ||
| Missing | 1 | <1 | ||
| Social cohesion (possible range 0–4; higher score indicates higher social cohesion) |
2.9 | 2.3–3.6 | ||
| % population aged 25+ with at least a BA | 7.5 | 4.7–16.4 | ||
| Median annual household income 2000 | $2.7K | $1.9K–$3.9K | ||
| % occupied housing units with major or severe damage from Hurricane Katrina |
3.4 | 0.2–69.8 | ||
a
Sample limited to respondents who reported being of non-Hispanic black or white race and who did not change their county of residence after Hurricane Katrina (N = 708). Sample area includes 23 counties.
b
May not add to 100% because of rounding.