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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Perspect. 2016 Aug 12;60(3):620–639. doi: 10.1177/0731121416663685

Table 1.

Unweighted Sample Size by Union Status, Gender and Race-ethnicity, NHIS 1997–2014

“Person files” for analysis of self-rated health
All White
Men
Black
Men
Hispanic
Men
White
Women
Black
Women
Hispanic
Women

Union status
  Same-sex cohabiting 5,570 2,049 236 414 2,140 359 372
  Different-sex married 609,113 217,720 28,972 59,006 216,559 26,875 59,981
  Different-sex cohabiting 66,725 19,764 5,787 8,047 20,468 4,772 7,887
  Unpartnered single 427,542 105,054 33,178 42,315 136,272 59,413 51,310

“Sample adult files” for analysis of other health outcomes
All White
Men
Black
Men
Hispanic
Men
White
Women
Black
Women
Hispanic
Women

Union status
  Same-sex cohabiting 2,152 832 90 143 827 122 138
  Different-sex married 225,061 79,488 9,941 19,065 85,682 9,338 21,547
  Different-sex cohabiting 24,755 7,213 1,942 2,711 8,139 1,765 2,985
  Unpartnered single 253,148 65,238 17,826 16,981 91,962 36,068 25,073