Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 999 (45.9) |
| Female | 1177 (54.1) |
| Age (y) | |
| 45‐49 | 731 (33.6) |
| 50‐54 | 746 (34.3) |
| 55‐59 | 696 (32.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 1470 (67.7) |
| Unmarried | 700 (32.3) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 1856 (85.6) |
| Black | 110 (5.1) |
| South‐Asian | 86 (4.0) |
| Other | 115 (5.3) |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 1625 (75.5) |
| Unemployed | 160 (7.4) |
| Homemaker | 104 (4.8) |
| Retired | 72 (3.3) |
| Student | 12 (0.6) |
| Disabled | 178 (8.3) |
| Self‐rated health | |
| Poor | 129 (5.9) |
| Fair | 533 (24.6) |
| Good | 1204 (55.5) |
| Excellent | 303 (14.0) |
| Study group | |
| Narrative information | 629 (28.8) |
| Gist information | 498 (22.8) |
| Standard information | 1054 (48.3) |
| Education | |
| No formal education | 294 (13.7) |
| High school or equivalent | 1160 (54.2) |
| University graduate | 687 (32.1) |
The n may not round to 2185 because of missing data.