TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics for individual level variables
| Individual level (n = 19,279) | Mean/Proportion1 |
|---|---|
| Dependent variable | |
| Self-rated health (poor/fair = 1, otherwise = 0) | 0.21 |
| Independent variable | |
| Age | 51.79 |
| Gender (female = 1, male = 0) | 0.67 |
| Living in poverty (yes = 1, otherwise = 0) | 0.09 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White (ref.) | 0.67 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.22 |
| Hispanic | 0.08 |
| Non-Hispanic others | 0.02 |
| Marital status | |
| Single (ref.) | 0.27 |
| Married/living with partners | 0.49 |
| Widow/divorced/separated | 0.23 |
| Other marital status | 0.01 |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed (ref.) | 0.11 |
| Full time employed | 0.48 |
| Part time employed | 0.12 |
| Retired | 0.23 |
| Other employment status | 0.06 |
| Educational attainment | |
| No high school diploma (ref.) | 0.09 |
| High school education | 0.32 |
| Some college education | 0.21 |
| College education | 0.23 |
| Advanced degree | 0.15 |
| Social factors | |
| Social cohesion | 0.01 |
| Housing discrimination | 0.04 |
| Medical discrimination | 0.05 |
| City | 0.42 |
1For dummy variables, the mean values represent the percents or proportions of the groups coded 1. Standard deviations were not included in this table as they may not be interpretable for dummy variables. These figures available upon request