Table 1. Household characteristics of respondents compared to study sites and counties, 2010.

Variable	Study sites	Study sample	Sig.
Number of households in county (N = 121)†			***
Monmouth	33%	55%
Mercer	67%	45%
Child at home+ (N = 121)			NS
Household with one or more people under 18 years	35%	37%
Respondent's gender (N = 121)			*
Female	51%	62%
Respondent's age (N = 88)			***
35–44	19%	19%
45–54	19%	33%
55–64	21%	27%
65–74	23%	10%
75 and up	18%	10%
Respondent's level of education# (N = 107)			NS
Less than 9th grade	7%	6%
9–12 grade	9%	7%
High school graduate	34%	42%
Some college no degree	19%	23%
Associates degree	8%	4%
Bachelor degree	16%	11%
Graduate or professional	8%	7%
Average household size (N = 121)	2.69	3.20	***
Respondent's employment status (N = 120)			***
In the labor force	60%	57%
Unemployed looking for a job	7%	0%
Not in labor force	33%	43%

^†N denotes the number of respondents to the question.

⁺child under 18.

^#population 25 years and over.

*p<0.05;

*** p<0.001 based on Chi Squared test (for discrete variables) and t-test (for continuous variables); NS = Not statistically significant.