Table 1.
Respondent demographics and health profile.
| Overall | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | Hispanic | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 1005 | 649 | 118 | 157 | 81 |
| Characteristic | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 48.2% | 48.7% | 41.3% | 48.6% | 52.9% |
| Female | 51.8% | 51.3% | 58.7% | 51.4% | 47.1% |
| Age | |||||
| 19–24 | 10.6% | 8.6% a | 9.3% a | 22.2% b | 4.9% a |
| 25–34 | 19.3% | 14.9% a | 19.5% a,b | 33.5% c | 27.2% b,c |
| 35–44 | 14.7% | 13.6% a | 11.0% a | 20.9% b | 17.3% a,b |
| 45–54 | 18.3% | 19.9% a | 15.3% a,b | 10.8% b | 25.9% a |
| 55–64 | 17.2% | 18.3% a,b | 24.6% b | 10.1% c | 11.1% a,c |
| 65–74 | 11.9% | 15.1% a | 12.7% a,b | 1.3% c | 6.2% b |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 9.6% a | 7.6% a | 1.3% b | 7.4% a |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 10.6% | 8.0% a | 19.5% b | 16.6% b | 6.3% a |
| High school | 29.1% | 29.6% | 28.8% | 31.2% | 22.5% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 21.3% | 18.6% | 26.1% | 16.3% |
| College graduate | 28.2% | 30.8% a | 19.5% b | 21.7% b | 33.8% a |
| Graduate education | 10.7% | 10.3% a | 13.6% a,b | 4.5% c | 21.3% b |
| Employment status | |||||
| Working as employee | 47.0% | 46.4% | 43.2% | 54.1% | 42.7% |
| Self-employed | 9.3% | 9.4% a,b | 5.1% b | 8.9% a,b | 15.9% a |
| Not working | 23.1% | 19.6% a | 32.2% b | 33.1% b | 19.5% a |
| Retired | 20.6% | 24.7% a | 19.5% a | 3.8% b | 22.0% a |
| Annual household income | |||||
| $49,999 or under | 51.4% | 46.1% a | 69.5% b | 61.1% b,c | 48.1% a,c |
| $50,000 or over | 48.6% | 53.9% a | 30.5% b | 38.9% b,c | 51.9% a,c |
| Health/medical insurance coverage | |||||
| Insurance through employer | 44.8% | 45.4% a | 35.9% b | 49.0% a | 44.2% a,b |
| Insurance purchased directly | 8.0% | 7.2% a | 5.1% a | 7.8% a | 19.5% b |
| Medicare | 19.1% | 21.8% a | 27.4% a | 6.5% b | 9.1% b |
| Medicaid or related type | 14.2% | 10.6% a | 20.5% b,c | 26.1% c | 10.4% a,b |
| Other, including Veterans Administration | 14.0% | 15.0% | 11.1% | 10.5% | 16.9% |
| Self-reported general health status | |||||
| Excellent | 13.0% | 13.0% | 11.0% | 13.5% | 16.0% |
| Very good | 37.5% | 39.2% | 32.2% | 37.8% | 30.9% |
| Good | 36.3% | 35.5% | 39.0% | 37.2% | 38.3% |
| Fair | 10.5% | 9.3% a | 16.9% b | 9.6% a,b | 12.3% a,b |
| Poor | 2.6% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 2.5% |
| Last visited a doctor for a routine checkup | |||||
| Within the past year | 68.0% | 69.6% a | 80.9% b | 54.7% c | 63.2% a,c |
| 1 year but less than 2 years ago | 14.0% | 13.0% a | 10.4% a | 20.7% b | 14.5% a,b |
| 2 years but less than 4 years ago | 7.4% | 7.1% | 6.1% | 10.0% | 6.6% |
| 4 or more years ago | 9.4% | 9.4% a | 2.6% b | 12.7% a | 13.2% a |
| Never | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.6% |
| Ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes in life? | |||||
| Yes | 42.4% | 48.4% a | 30.2% b | 28.6% b | 36.3% b |
| No | 57.6% | 51.6% a | 69.8% b | 71.4% b | 63.8% b |
| Do you now smoke cigarettes? | |||||
| Every day | 27.8% | 28.5% | 34.3% | 19.0% | 23.3% |
| Some days | 12.1% | 8.3% a | 40.0% b | 23.8% b,c | 6.7% a,c |
| Not at all | 60.1% | 63.1% a | 25.7% b | 57.1% a | 70.0% a |
| Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have or had … (“Yes” responses) | |||||
| Pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes | 20.9% | 20.0% a | 36.6% b | 16.4% a | 13.9% a |
| High blood sugar or diabetes | 17.3% | 16.3% a | 31.3% b | 10.7% a | 17.5% a |
| Asthma | 17.0% | 17.0% | 16.2% | 15.9% | 20.8% |
| High cholesterol | 33.8% | 35.8% a | 42.6% a | 16.4% b | 39.5% a |
| Influenza or the flu | 46.5% | 53.0% a | 31.8% b | 34.7% b | 39.5% b |
| Are you currently taking prescription drug to treat … (“Yes” responses) | |||||
| Pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes | 9.3% | 7.5% a | 23.3% b | 7.1% a | 7.7% a |
| High blood sugar or diabetes | 10.8% | 9.2% a | 25.0% b | 7.4% a | 8.9% a |
| Asthma | 8.8% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 5.2% | 11.4% |
| High cholesterol | 22.6% | 23.5% a | 33.0% b | 9.7% c | 25.3% a,b |
| In the past year, has a physician or healthcare provider told you that you should receive an influenza or flu vaccine? | |||||
| Yes | 56.1% | 60.6% a | 51.7% a,b | 43.2% b | 51.3% a,b |
| No | 43.9% | 39.4% a | 48.3% a,b | 56.8% b | 48.8% a,b |
| Is an annual flu vaccine or shot something that would be recommended for you? That is, should someone your age receive—or have received—an annual flu vaccine or shot? | |||||
| Yes | 73.5% | 77.9% a | 71.8% a | 54.8% b | 73.6% a |
| No | 26.5% | 22.1% a | 28.2% a | 45.2% b | 26.4% a |
Note: Comparisons are made across columns by row using the Bonferroni adjusted p-value approach with an alpha value of ≤0.05. All possible pairwise comparisons are made between non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, and Others. Rows with no superscripts have no significant differences. Within rows that do have superscripts, any two values that share a superscript are not significantly different from one another; values that do not have a common superscript are significantly different (e.g., a, b, and c are significantly different from one another). For example, in the table there are no significant differences in gender distribution across the different race/ethnicity categories; however, there are several significant differences in the percentage of 25–34 year-olds based on race/ethnicity.