Table 1.
Demographic Information for the Sample (n = 4585)
| variable/category | transit users
|
nontransit users
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | percentage | n | percentage | |
| total | 4436 | 100 | 149 | 100 |
| gendera | ||||
| male | 2394 | 54.0 | 62 | 41.6 |
| female | 2042 | 46.0 | 87 | 58.4 |
| agea | ||||
| 18–35 | 1587 | 35.8 | 33 | 22.1 |
| 36–50 | 1209 | 27.3 | 41 | 27.5 |
| 51–65 | 1213 | 27.3 | 57 | 38.3 |
| 66–80 | 390 | 8.8 | ||
| 81–97 | 37 | 0.8 | 18 | 12.1 |
| work in New Yorka | 2709 | 61.1 | 107 | 71.8 |
| live in New Yorka | 4229 | 95.3 | 118 | 79.2 |
| occupationa | 4436 | 100 | 149 | 100 |
| “noisy” occupations | 1033 | 23.2 | 50 | 33.6 |
| agriculture | 12 | 0.3 | ||
| construction | 396 | 8.9 | 24 | 16.1 |
| entertainment | 209 | 4.7 | 8 | 5.4 |
| food services | 161 | 3.6 | 8 | 5.4 |
| landscaping | 5 | 0.1 | ||
| maintenance | 93 | 2.1 | ||
| manufacturing | 55 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.7 |
| military | 22 | 0.5 | 4 | 2.7 |
| transportation | 58 | 1.3 | 5 | 3.4 |
| utility | 22 | 0.5 | ||
| “quiet” occupations | 3228 | 72.7 | 95 | 63.7 |
| education/research | 625 | 14.1 | 13 | 8.7 |
| healthcare | 353 | 8.0 | 9 | 6.0 |
| professional | 1623 | 36.6 | 43 | 28.9 |
| retail | 209 | 4.7 | 13 | 8.7 |
| homemaker | 115 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.0 |
| retired | 303 | 6.8 | 14 | 9.4 |
| unemployed | 175 | 3.9 | 4 | 2.7 |
a
χ2 test between transit users and nonusers, P < 0.05.