Table 1.

Sample characteristics of first and second surveys’ complete and analytic samples and US population data

	First surveya				Second survey				US population
	Complete sample (n=900)		Analytic sample (n=731)		Complete sample (n=839)		Analytic sample (n=771)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	%
Age
18–24	83	9.2	69	9.4	75	8.9	72	9.3	6.8b,c,24
25–44	275	30.6	212	29.0	258	30.8	226	29.3	26.5
45–64	350	38.9	284	38.9	328	39.1	303	39.3	26.4
65+	192	21.3	166	22.7	178	21.2	170	22.1	13.8
Education
Less than high school	83	9.2	67	9.2	66	7.8	58	7.5	13.725
High school	294	32.7	239	32.7	245	29.2	216	28.0	28.0
Some college	244	27.1	197	27.0	248	29.6	230	29.8	31.3
Bachelor’s degree or higher	279	31.0	228	31.2	280	33.4	267	34.6	27.0
Race/Ethnicity
White NH	669	74.3	550	75.2	604	72.0	566	73.4	62.824
Black NH	78	8.7	62	8.5	85	10.1	71	9.2	12.2
Other NH	54	6.0	41	5.6	73	8.7	66	8.6	25.0
Hispanic	99	11.0	78	10.7	77	9.2	68	8.8	16.9
Gender: male	442	49.1	352	48.2	430	51.3	396	51.4	49.224
Marital Status
Widowed/Separated/Divorced/Never married	345	38.3	281	38.4	289	34.5	265	34.4	49.726
Married/living with partner	555	61.7	450	61.6	550	65.6	506	65.6	50.3d
Household Annual Income
(US $)
<$25,000	174	19.3	135	18.5	161	19.2	140	18.2	24.027
$25,000–$49,999	201	22.3	158	21.6	163	19.4	151	19.6	23.0
$50,000–$99,999	290	32.2	236	32.3	281	33.5	258	33.5	29.0
$100,000+	235	26.1	202	27.6	234	27.9	222	28.8	24.0
Currently employed	502	55.8	406	55.5	485	57.8	446	57.9	59.6e,28

%s may not sum to 100 due to rounding

NH=non-Hispanic

^aSurvey respondents who provided utilities for states used in this analysis. Complete sample characteristics reported previously.¹⁶

^bAges 20–24.

^cAge proportions of entire US population.

^dIncludes married only, excluding living with partner.

^eCivilian population.