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. 2017 Nov 10;4:71–75. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.11.001

Table 1.

Descriptive data for the analytic sample. 2014 General Social Survey-National Death Index.

1 Generation Households 2 Generation Households 3 Generation Households Total
N 19,500 5496 886 25,882
Age (%)
 Under 25 8.0 14.3 14.5 9.5
 25–34 17.5 21.5 19.4 18.4
 35–44 12.7 22.3 18.6 15.0
 45–54 15.6 20.9 24.7 17.1
 55–64 16.5 12.6 13.4 15.5
 65 and over 29.7 8.5 9.4 24.5


 

 

 

 


Sex (%)
 Male 47.3 32.0 30.2 43.5
 Female 52.7 68.0 69.8 56.5


 

 

 

 


Race (%)
 White 88.0 75.9 63.1 84.6
 Black 12.0 24.1 36.9 15.5


 

 

 

 


Immigration (%)
 Native Born 94.5 94.5 93.1 94.4
 Foreign Born 5.5 5.5 6.9 5.6


 

 

 

 


Income (%)
 Under $25,000 50.8 49.9 49.4 50.5
 $25,000 or more 49.2 50.1 50.6 49.5


 

 

 

 


Education (%)
 Less than High School 20.4 19.7 29.1 20.5
 High school graduate 49.4 57.5 58.0 51.4
 Some college 5.5 6.7 6.0t 5.8
 More than College 24.7 16.1 6.9 22.3


 

 

 

 


Self-reported health (%)
 Healthy 74.5 75.2 73.1 74.6
 Not healthy 25.5 24.9 27.0 25.5


 

 

 

 


Stress (%)
 High 25.5 24.9 27.0 25.5
 Low 56.8 37.3 11.1 51.8


 

 

 

 


Happiness (%)
 High 87.8 83.6 83.9 86.7
 Low 12.2 16.4 17.1 13.3


 

 

 

 


Social capital (%)
 High 40.3 33.0 25.4 38.3
 Low 59.7 67.0 74.6 61.8


 

 

 

 


Verbal intelligence quotient (%)
 High 44.7 35.8 25.3 42.0
 Low 55.3 64.2 74.7 58.0