Table 2. Distribution of selected characteristics among respondents aged 18–64 years, by sex.
Characteristics | Men (N = 6,393) | Women (N = 11,076) | ||
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n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | |
Age (years) | ||||
18–34 | 1,013 | 31.0 (28.8–33.2) | 1,804 | 29.9 (28.4–31.4) |
35–44 | 1,197 | 28.2 (26.0–30.3) | 2,149 | 27.9 (26.4–29.4) |
45–54 | 1,933 | 22.9 (21.4–24.5) | 3,352 | 23.8 (22.6–24.9) |
55–64 | 2,250 | 17.9 (16.7–19.1) | 3,771 | 18.5 (17.6–19.3) |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
Non-Hispanic white | 4,775 | 76.2 (74.4–78.0) | 7,953 | 74.3 (73.0–75.6) |
Non-Hispanic black | 578 | 10.5 (9.1–11.9) | 1,410 | 12.7 (11.6–13.7) |
Hispanic | 611 | 7.1 (6.1–8.0) | 1,083 | 7.7 (7.0–8.4) |
Others | 429 | 6.2 (5.3–7.2) | 630 | 5.4 (4.6–6.1) |
Education level (years) | ||||
<12 | 513 | 8.4 (7.0–9.8) | 835 | 7.7 (6.8–8.6) |
12 | 1,756 | 28.4 (26.4–30.5) | 2,893 | 26.3 (24.9–27.6) |
>12 | 4,124 | 63.2 (61.0–65.4) | 7,348 | 66.0 (64.6–67.5) |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 4,008 | 64.7 (62.6–66.8) | 6,393 | 63.1 (61.6–64.5) |
Divorced, widowed, separated | 1,348 | 14.5 (13.1–15.9) | 3,183 | 20.4 (19.3–21.6) |
Never married | 1,037 | 20.8 (18.9–22.7) | 1,500 | 16.5 (15.3–17.7) |
Frequency of social support | ||||
Rarely/never | 604 | 8.4 (7.3–9.6) | 864 | 7.1 (6.3–7.9) |
Sometimes | 834 | 12.2 (10.6–13.7) | 1,443 | 12.0 (10.9–13.0) |
Always/usually | 4,955 | 79.4 (77.6–81.2) | 8,769 | 81.0 (79.7–82.2) |
Employment status | ||||
Unemployed<1 year | 335 | 6.5 (5.2–7.9) | 387 | 4.3 (3.6–4.9) |
Unemployed ≥1 year | 161 | 3.0 (2.2–3.8) | 293 | 3.1 (2.5–3.7) |
Employed/self-employed | 4,508 | 72.5 (70.4–74.5) | 6,611 | 58.4 (56.9–59.9) |
Student/retired/homemaker | 787 | 10.5 (9.3–11.8) | 2,737 | 26.7 (25.3–28.1) |
Unable to work | 602 | 7.5 (6.3–8.6) | 1,048 | 7.5 (6.8–8.2) |
2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Washington