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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 May 3;65(3):254–259. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.084723

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study subjects and the population of Olmsted County, Minnesota

Study subjects (%) Olmsted county population per 2000 census (%)
Survey respondents (Population 18–64)
Gender
Men 24.53% (183/746) 48.34% (38381/77353)
Women 75.47% (563/746) 51.66% (38972/77353)
Age (years)
Mean (STD), median, IQR 44.20 (61.21), 41.00, 34.00–46.00
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino: 2.68% (20/746) 2.44% (1889/77353)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 97.32% (726/746) 97.56% (75464/77353)
 White alone 90.88% (678/746) 89.48% (69217/77353)
 Black or African-American alone 0.94% (7/746) 2.55% (1969/77353)
 American Indian and Alaska native alone 0.13% (1/746) 0.27% (209/77353)
 Asian alone 4.56% (34/746) 4.24% (3281/77353)
 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone 0.13% (1/746) 0.0003% (21/77353)
 Some other race alone 0.54% (4/746) 0.0006% (48/77353)
 Two or more races 0.13% (1/746) 0.93% (719/77353)
Education
 Less than 9th grade 0.13% (1/746) 3.78% (1405/77353)
 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 0.40% (3/746) 5.11% (4747/77353)
 High school graduate 6.17% (46/746) 23.98% (17426/77353)
 Some college, no degree 19.57% (146/746) 22.37% (18434/77353)
 Associate/college degree 39.28% (293/746) 31.28% (25582/77353)
 Graduate or professional degree 34.45% (257/746) 13.48% (9759/77353)
Income (household)
 Less than $10000 0.27% (2/734) 3.97% (1563/39355)
 $10000–$14999 0.27% (2/734) 3.30% (1300/39355)
 $15000–$24999 1.23% (9/734) 7.99% (3144/39355)
 $25000–$34999 4.36% (32/734) 10.47% (4119/39355)
 $35000–$49999 8.58% (63/734) 16.55% (6514/39355)
 $50000–$74999 19.89% (146/734) 25.88% (10185/39355)
 $75000–$99999 22.07% (162/734) 15.05% (5922/39355)
 $100000–$149999 23.16% (170/734) 10.42% (4102/39355)
 Over $150000 20.16% (148/734) 6.37% (2506/39355)
Hollingshead index
 8–19 0.27% (2/746) Not available
 20–29 1.74% (13/746)
 30–39 8.45% (63/746)
 40–54 34.85% (260/746)
 55–66 54.69% (408/746)
Nakao-Treas index
 0–12.5 0% (0/746) Not available
 12.6–25.1 0.27% (2/746)
 25.2–37.7 7.51% (56/746)
 37.8–50.3 11.66% (87/746)
 50.4–62.9 14.88% (111/746)
 63.0–75.5 25.20% (188/746)
 75.6–88.1 30.97% (231/746)
 88.2–100 9.52% (71/746)
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