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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2010 Jan;48(1):64–71. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181adcbd3

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Sample Respondents (N = 7,457; unweighted)

All Respondents
(n = 7,457)
Full Consent
(n = 5,909)
Partial (or no) consent
(n = 1,548)
Age (%)
  52–69 56.0 (4179) 56.0 (3310) 56.1 (869)
  70+ 44.0 (3278) 44.0 (2599) 43.9 (679)
Gender (%)
  Male 42.3 (3152) 42.3 (2502) 42.0 (650)
  Female 57.7 (4305) 57.7 (3407) 58.0 (898)
Race (%)*
  White 81.2 (6055) 82.8 (4890) 75.3 (1165)
  Black 14.1 (1048) 12.6 (747) 19.4 (301)
  Other 4.8 (354) 4.6 (272) 5.3 (82)
Education (%)*
  0–11 years 20.4 (1521) 19.5 (1151) 23.9 (370)
  12 years 54.2 (4038) 54.9 (3244) 51.3 (794)
  13+ years 25.5 (1898) 25.6 (1514) 24.8 (384)
Number of eligible
persons in HH (%)*
  One 37.3 (2783) 35.5 (2098) 44.3 (685)
  Two or more 62.7 (4674) 64.5 (3811) 55.8 (863)
Perceived health (%)*
  Excellent 10.9 (811) 11.3 (668) 9.3 (143)
  Very good 29.9 (2226) 30.9 (1826) 25.8 (400)
  Good 31.0 (2315) 31.2 (1844) 30.4 (471)
  Fair/poor 28.2 (2105) 26.6 (1571) 34.5 (534)
*

Comparisons statistically significant (P < 0.001).

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.