Table 1. Characteristics of employees in sample (n = 12,044)^a.

Variable	n	%b	% With PSDb
Total PSD access	7,225	64.33	-
Gender*
Male	5,760	49.11	62.73
Female	6,284	50.89	65.87
Race/ethnicity*
Non-Hispanic White	5,755	69.57	66.65
Non-Hispanic other	3,201	16.83	67.46
Hispanic	3,088	13.61	48.60
Education level*
<High school	2,131	12.36	28.78
High school	3,542	27.93	56.19
Some college	2,990	26.10	66.07
4+ years college	3,381	33.61	82.81
Workplace size*
<50	5,999	48.24	50.80
> = 50	6,045	51.76	76.93
General health status*
Good/very good/excellent	11,011	92.60	64.95
Fair/Poor	1,033	7.40	56.58
Employees with ILI	3,455	30.66	65.14
Employees with influenza	485	4.09	57.97
	Meanb	SD
Family income quartile*
1 = lowest	$19,499	7,935	40.65
2	$42,973	6,941	61.82
3	$70,642	9,340	69.79
4 = highest	$139,365	51,624	76.90

PSD, paid sick days; ILI, influenza-like-illness; SD, standard deviation.

^a Sample includes all persons >/ = 16y who were employed (part time or full time) in 2009. Observations were dropped if missing any of the independent variables listed in the table.

^b Weighted using survey estimation procedures.

* Indicates p-value < 0.05 based on a chi2 test of the relationship between each variable and PSD access.