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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Jul 25;189:44–52. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.019

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics, Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey 2006 and 2008

Percentage or Mean Observations
Individual-level Variables
High blood pressure 26.73% 1,560
High cholesterol level 23.88% 1,554
Age 41.83 (15.01) 1,563
Male 30.90% 1,563
Marital status 1,555
 Married/living with partner 49.45%
 Separated/divorced/widowed 31.19%
 Single 19.36%
US born 42.77% 1,555
Educational attainment 1,554
 High school or below 61.78%
 Some college 18.73%
 College or above 19.50%
Income-poverty ratio 1,563
 < 100% FPL 26.68%
 100%–200% FPL 31.99%
 ≥ 200% FPL 41.33%
Family size (5 or more) 15.04% 1,563
Health insurance (yes) 78.31% 1,563
Discrimination (yes) 15.97% 1,528
Housing discrimination 1,530
 Never 91.05%
 Once   2.22%
 2–3 times   4.71%
 4 or more times   2.03%
Current smoker 21.12% 1,558
Leisure-time physical activity 36.91% 1,558
Fruits/vegetable intake   2.22 (1.67) 1,525
Survey year 2008 32.35% 1,563
Neighborhood-level Variables
Percent Latino ≥ 25% 38.86% 1,562
Immigrant concentration 1,562
 Low 21.45%
 Medium 36.88%
 High 41.68%
Neighborhood poverty ≥ 20% 56.57% 1,561

Sample Size (N) 1,563

Note. Unweighted sample. Standard errors are in parentheses. Sample size for each variable may vary due to different amounts of missing data.