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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2018 Feb 22;50:162–167. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.02.002

Table 1.

Select characteristics of adult twins from a community-based twin registry, 2015.

Complete Pairs
N=1586
Incomplete Pairs
N=975
Non-responders
N=5569

N % N % N %
Male 428 27.0 332 34.1 2047 36.8
White 1503 94.8 914 93.7 5071 91.1
Hispanic 42 2.7 41 4.2 233 4.2
MZ twins 1200 75.7 653 67.0 3894 69.9
Income
 <$60,000 603 38 .0 420 43 .1 2619 47 .0
 ≥$60,000 983 62.0 555 56.9 2950 53.0
Education
Less than HS 20 1. 3 16 1. 6 187 3. 4
HS grad 163 10.3 125 12.8 1002 18.0
Some college 466 29.4 324 33.2 2065 37.1
Bachelors or more 933 58.8 507 52.0 2281 41.0
Marital status
Single 302 19 .0 259 26 .6 2001 35 .9
Living as married 1,051 66.3 602 61.7 2840 51.0
Previously married 196 12.4 106 10.9 660 11.9

Data shown as the sample size and percentage (note, percentages include missing values).