Table 1.
Demographics of MURDOCK study participants and the study area population
| MURDOCK (N = 7275) | Census (104 Census tracts) | ||||
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| Variable | Levels | n | % | n | % |
| Age | 18-21 | 305 | 4.19 | 27,810 | 5.89 |
| 22-29 | 451 | 6.2 | 54,456 | 11.53 | |
| 30-39 | 960 | 13.2 | 74,020 | 15.67 | |
| 40-49 | 1452 | 19.96 | 74,136 | 15.06 | |
| 50-64 | 2385 | 32.78 | 75,938 | 16.07 | |
| 65+ | 1722 | 23.67 | 43,265 | 9.16 | |
| Sex | Female | 4771 | 65.58 | 242,405 | 51.31 |
| Male | 2504 | 34.42 | 229,995 | 48.69 | |
| Race/ethnicity | Non-Hispanic white | 5497 | 75.56 | 275,256 | 58.27 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 891 | 12.25 | 118,482 | 25.08 | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 44 | 0.6 | 16,601 | 3.51 | |
| Non-Hispanic other | 190 | 2.61 | 10,808 | 2.29 | |
| Hispanic | 653 | 8.98 | 51,253 | 10.85 | |
| Relationship status | Committed | 4878 | 67.05 | - | - |
| Not committed | 2380 | 32.71 | - | - | |
| Missing | 17 | 0.23 | - | - | |
| Educational attainment | Less than high school | 613 | 8.43 | 39757 | 13.92 |
| High school or GED | 1628 | 22.38 | 71468 | 25.02 | |
| Some college or associate鈥檚 degree | 2640 | 36.29 | 88467 | 30.97 | |
| Bachelor鈥檚 degree | 1476 | 20.29 | 60244 | 21.09 | |
| Master鈥檚 or higher professional degree | 907 | 12.47 | 25741 | 9.01 | |
| Missing | 11 | 0.15 | - | - | |