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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2014 Jun;33(6):516–523. doi: 10.1037/hea0000051

Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Study Sample, 2006, Health and Retirement Study.

Variables Frequency (%)
Age
 50-64 1029 (34.7)
 65-74 1142 (38.5)
 75-84 667 (22.5)
 Over 85 127 (4.3)
Education
 Less than high school 585 (19.7)
 High school 1491 (50.3)
 Some college 152 (5.1)
 4-year college 437 (14.7)
 More than college 300 (10.1)
Sex
 Male 1476 (49.8)
 Female 1489 (50.2)
Marital Status
 Never married 17 (0.6)
 Widowed 76 (2.6)
 Separated 147 (5.0)
 Married 2725 (91.9)
Race
 White 2608 (88.0)
 Black 276 (9.3)
 Others 81 (2.7)

Note: N=2965.