Table 1.
Demographics of the sample from MEPS (weighted N=233.26 million; unweighted N=10,157).
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| Variable | n (millions) | % | n (millions) | % | |
| Sex |
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| Male | 113 | 48.3 | 2385 | 72.3 | |
| Female | 121 | 51.7 | 916 | 27.7 | |
| Race |
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| White | 188 | 80.7 | 7060 | 69.5 | |
| Black | 27 | 11.7 | 1992 | 19.6 | |
| American Indian/Alaskan native | 2 | 0.7 | 84 | 0.8 | |
| Asian | 12 | 5.1 | 805 | 7.9 | |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.7 | 72 | 0.7 | |
| Multiple races | 3 | 1.1 | 144 | 1.4 | |
| Ethnicity |
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| Hispanic | 34 | 14.5 | 2475 | 24.4 | |
| Black (not Hispanic or another race) | 27 | 11.4 | 1950 | 19.2 | |
| Asian (not Hispanic or another race) | 12 | 5.0 | 794 | 7.8 | |
| Other race (not Hispanic or another race) | 161 | 69.1 | 4938 | 48.6 | |
| Hispanic |
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| Hispanic | 34 | 14.5 | 2475 | 24.4 | |
| Not Hispanic | 200 | 85.5 | 7682 | 75.6 | |
| Employment status |
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| Employed | 154 | 66.2 | 6465 | 63.9 | |
| Not employed | 79 | 33.8 | 3653 | 36.1 | |
| Marital status |
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| Married | 124 | 53.4 | 5172 | 50.9 | |
| Widowed | 15 | 6.3 | 612 | 6.0 | |
| Divorced | 26 | 11.3 | 1173 | 11.5 | |
| Separated | 5 | 2.3 | 312 | 3.1 | |
| Never married | 62 | 26.8 | 2888 | 28.4 | |
| Currently smoke |
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| Yes | 39 | 18.3 | 1732 | 18.5 | |
| No | 176 | 81.7 | 7606 | 81.5 | |
| Language spoken at home |
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| English | 205 | 88.3 | 8009 | 79.2 | |
| Spanish | 19 | 8.1 | 1555 | 15.4 | |
| Another language | 8 | 3.6 | 542 | 5.4 | |
| Highest level of education |
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| High school or less with no degree | 31 | 13.4 | 1986 | 20.0 | |
| High-school graduate or GED | 69 | 29.9 | 3239 | 32.5 | |
| Associates degree, beyond college, but no degree | 62 | 26.9 | 2359 | 23.7 | |
| Bachelor's degree | 45 | 19.4 | 1596 | 16.0 | |
| Master's, PhD, or professional degree | 24 | 10.4 | 777 | 7.8 | |