Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for respondents ages 18–65 by union status, NHIS 1997–2010 (N = 168,514)
| Overall (N = 168,514) %/Mean (95% CI) |
Different-sex married (N = 150,179) %/Mean (95% CI) |
Different-sex cohabiter (N = 17,083) %/Mean (95% CI) |
Same-sex cohabiter (N = 1,252) %/Mean (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking status | ||||
| Current Everyday Smoker | 17.7 (17.4, 18.0) | 15.7+ (15.5, 16.0) | 34.2*+ (33.4, 35.1) | 27.4* (24.4, 30.5) |
| Current Somedays Smoker | 3.8 (3.7, 3.9) | 3.5+ (3.4, 3.6) | 6.7* (6.3, 7.1) | 6.1* (4.6, 7.6) |
| Former Smoker | 22.1 (21.9, 22.4) | 22.8 (22.5, 23.1) | 15.9*+ (15.3, 16.6) | 22.6 (20.0, 25.2) |
| Never Smoked | 56.4 (56.0, 56.7) | 58.0+ (57.6, 58.3) | 43.1* (42.2, 44.0) | 43.9* (40.4, 47.3) |
| Female | 50.7 (50.5, 51.0) | 50.9 (50.6, 51.1) | 50 (49.1, 50.8) | 47.9 (44.4, 51.4) |
| Race-Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 74.9 (74.4, 75.4) | 75.5+ (75.0, 76.0) | 69.0*+ (68.0, 70.0) | 79.1* (76.7, 81.5) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 8.0 (7.7, 8.3) | 7.4 (7.1, 7.7) | 13.3*+ (12.5, 14.0) | 8.4 (6.7, 10.1) |
| Hispanic | 12.3 (11.9, 12.6) | 12.1+ (11.7, 12.4) | 14.3*+ (13.6, 15.0) | 8.5* (7.0, 10.1) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 4.9 (4.7, 5.0) | 5.0 (4.8, 5.2) | 3.4* (3.1, 3.8) | 4.0 (2.9, 5.1) |
| Foreign-born | 15.8 (15.5, 16.2) | 16.3+ (15.9, 16.7) | 12.0*+ (11.4, 12.6) | 9.0* (7.4, 10.7) |
| Age (mean) | 42.7 (42.6, 42.8) | 43.7+ (43.6, 43.8) | 34.4*+ (34.2, 34.6) | 39.9* (39.2, 40.7) |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 17.9 (17.4, 18.4) | 17.8 (17.4, 18.3) | 17.9+ (17.0, 18.9) | 20.8 (17.7, 23.9) |
| Midwest | 25.3 (24.7, 25.9) | 25.2+ (24.5, 25.8) | 27.1*+ (25.9, 28.2) | 18.6* (16.1, 21.1) |
| South | 36.0 (35.3, 36.7) | 36.3 (35.6, 37.0) | 33.4* (32.3, 34.5) | 34.4 (30.7, 38.1) |
| West | 20.8 (20.3, 21.3) | 20.7 (20.1, 21.2) | 21.6+ (20.6, 22.6) | 26.2 (23.2, 29.3) |
| Education | ||||
| No high school diploma | 12.8 (12.4, 13.1) | 12.2+ (11.9, 12.5) | 18.3*+ (17.5, 19.0) | 6.3* (4.9, 7.8) |
| High school graduate | 28.4 (28.0, 28.7) | 27.9+ (27.5, 28.2) | 33.5*+ (32.6, 34.3) | 18.6* (16.2, 21.1) |
| Some college | 28.8 (28.5, 29.1) | 28.6 (28.3, 28.9) | 30.6* (29.8, 31.4) | 30.1 (27.3, 32.9) |
| College graduate | 30.1 (29.6, 30.6) | 31.3+ (30.8, 31.8) | 17.7*+ (16.9, 18.5) | 44.9* (41.6, 48.3) |
| Employment Status | ||||
| Employed | 76.0 (75.7, 76.3) | 75.9+ (75.5, 76.2) | 76.6+ (75.8, 77.4) | 82.2* (79.8, 84.6) |
| Unemployed | 2.7 (2.6, 2.8) | 2.3 (2.2, 2.4) | 6.4*+ (5.9, 6.8) | 3.2 (2.1, 4.2) |
| Not in the labor force | 21.3 (21.0, 21.6) | 21.8+ (21.5, 22.1) | 17.0*+ (16.3, 17.7) | 14.6* (12.3, 16.9) |
| In poverty | 7.3 (7.1, 7.5) | 6.5 (6.3, 6.7) | 14.7*+ (14.0, 15.3) | 7.8 (5.9, 9.6) |
| Uninsured | 14.0 (13.7, 14.2) | 11.9+ (11.6, 12.2) | 32.2*+ (31.3, 33.0) | 17.7* (15.1, 20.3) |
| Psychological distress (mean) | 2.1 (2.1, 2.1) | 2.0+ (2.0, 2.1) | 2.9*+ (2.8, 3.0) | 3.0* (2.7, 3.2) |
*
Difference comparing with the different-sex married is significant at p < 0.05
+
Difference comparing with the same-sex cohabiting is significant at p < 0.05