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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2015 Feb 23;20(1):36–45. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1012044

Table 1.

Demographic Data by Pew Generation Categories

Total
Sample
Millennials GenX Boomers Silent
Variable N % N % N % N % N %
Gender (X2 = 7.42)
Male 452 47 116 45.13 133 49.81 173 44.39 30 62.50
Female 505 52.5 139 54.09 133 49.81 215 55.13 18 37.50
Other 5 0.5 2 0.78 1 0.37 2 0.51 0 0.00
Race (X2 = 58.16)*
White 759 77.9 182 70.82 210 78.65 322 82.56 35 72.92
Black 70 7.3 18 7 17 6.37 31 7.95 4 8.33
Asian 67 7.0 27 10.51 25 9.36 12 3.08 3 6.25
NH-PI 2 0.2 1 0.39 1 0.37 0 0 0 0.00
AI-AN 20 2.1 5 1.94 4 1.50 5 1.28 6 12.50
Multiracial 54 5.6 24 9.34 10 3.75 20 5.13 0 0.00
Marital status (X2 = 228.61)*
Married 414 43 50 19.46 145 54.31 194 49.74 25 52.08
Divorced 115 12 1 0.39 23 8.61 77 19.74 14 29.17
Separated 13 1.4 1 0.39 3 1.12 9 2.31 0 0.00
Living with SO 128 13.3 62 24.12 35 13.11 30 7.69 1 2.08
SO not living together 60 6.2 34 13.23 14 5.24 11 2.82 1 2.08
Single 232 24.1 109 42.41 47 17.6 69 17.69 7 14.58
Sexual orientation (X2 = 8.54)
Heterosexual 876 91.1 228 88.72 237 88.76 365 93.59 46 95.83
Homosexual 34 3.5 12 4.67 12 4.49 10 2.56 0 0.00
Bisexual 52 5.4 17 6.61 18 6.74 15 3.85 2 4.17
Level of education (X2 = 45.95)*
High school or equivalent 111 11.5 29 11.28 31 11.61 45 11.54 6 12.50
Associate’s 91 9.5 15 5.84 33 12.36 42 10.77 1 2.08
Some college 285 29.6 104 40.47 72 26.97 98 25.13 11 22.92
Bachelor’s 334 34.7 86 33.46 90 33.71 140 35.9 18 37.50
Master’s 101 10.5 14 5.45 33 12.36 48 12.31 6 12.50
Doctorate 19 2.0 3 1.17 5 1.87 7 1.79 4 8.33
Professional 21 2.2 6 2.33 3 1.12 10 2.56 2 4.17
Income (X2 = 54.31)*
Less than $20,000 173 18.0 67 26.1 28 10.5 71 18.2 7 14.6
$20,000 to $30,000 171 17.8 51 19.8 47 17.6 66 16.9 7 14.6
$31,000 to $40,000 121 12.6 36 14.0 31 11.6 53 13.6 1 2.1
$41,000 to $60,000 194 20.2 40 15.6 69 25.8 73 18.7 12 25.0
$61,000 to $80,000 132 13.7 26 10.1 41 15.4 57 14.6 8 16.7
$81,000 to $100,000 80 8.3 16 6.2 23 8.6 31 7.9 10 20.8
Over $100,000 77 8.0 16 6.2 26 9.7 34 8.7 1 2.1
I don’t know 14 1.5 5 1.9 2 .7 5 1.3 2 4.2
Physical health (X2 = 20.15)
Excellent   161 16.7 39 15.18 53 19.85 60 15.38 9 18.75
Very good   345 35.9 89 34.63 101 37.83 134 34.36 21 43.75
Good   315 32.7 91 35.41 85 31.84 127 32.56 12 25.00
Fair   116 12.1 33 12.84 27 10.11 51 13.08 5 10.42
Poor   21 2.2 5 1.94 0 0 15 3.85 1 2.08
Very poor   4 0.4 0 0 1 0.37 3 0.77 0 0.00
*

Chi-square comparisons significant at p <.001.