Table 1.
Select demographics and health-related characteristics by dataset, NHIS and EHDIC-SWB, 2003a
| NHIS | EHDIC-SWB | |||||
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| Variable | Whites n=8,904 |
Black n=1,551 |
p-value | Whites n=247 |
Black n=381 |
p-value |
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| Age, mean SE | 46.2±0.2 | 41.9±0.5 | <0.001 | 43.3±0.9 | 39.4±0.6 | <0.001 |
| Married, (%) | 68.0 | 53.6 | <0.001 | 25.1 | 16.3 | 0.007 |
| Income (%) | ||||||
| < $35,000 | 22.7 | 33.0 | <0.001 | 72.5 | 74.5 | 0.565 |
| $35,000–$75,00 | 28.2 | 27.5 | 0.621 | 20.2 | 21.0 | 0.820 |
| >$75,000 | 24.4 | 12.8 | <0.001 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 0.321 |
| Did not respond | 24.7 | 26.7 | 0.227 | |||
| Education level, | ||||||
| Less than high school graduate |
11.8 | 20.1 | <0.001 | 44.5 | 34.9 | 0.016 |
| High school graduate/GED |
30.1 | 32.5 | 0.119 | 36.8 | 45.4 | 0.034 |
| More than high school graduate |
58.1 | 46.5 | <0.001 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 0.742 |
a
Plus-minus values are means ± SD.