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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2016 Dec 18;174:133–141. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.12.024

Table 1.

Number and percentage of respondents by sociodemographic characteristic, according to gender of respondent.

Characteristic Total Female Male



N % N % N %
Total 65 100 35 54 30 46
Age
  25–29 27 42 18 51 9 30
  30–34 19 29 10 29 9 30
  35–39 13 20 4 11 9 30
  40–44 6 9 3 9 3 10
Race
  White, Non-Hispanic 24 37 13 37 11 37
  Black, Non-Hispanic 28 43 15 43 13 43
  Hispanic 10 15 6 17 4 13
  Other, Non-Hispanic 3 5 1 3 2 7
Union status
  Never married 51 79 26 74 25 83
  Married 11 17 7 20 4 13
  Divorced or separated 3 4 2 6 1 3
Poverty statusa
  0–99 34 52 23 66 11 38
  100–199 16 25 8 23 8 28
  200–299 10 15 3 9 7 24
  300+ 4 6 1 3 3 10
Education
  <High school 7 11 2 6 5 17
  High school 21 32 13 37 8 27
  Some college 28 43 16 46 12 40
  College graduate 9 14 4 11 5 17
Interview site
  Mid-south, large city 30 46 18 51 12 40
  Northeast, small city 35 54 17 49 18 60

Bolded columns represent percentages of the sample, total and by sex, according to each characteristic.

a

Percent of income relative to federally-designated poverty level for given family size. One male respondent had missing information on this characteristic.