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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Health. 2018 Jun 29;4(4):317–324. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2018.05.007

Table 1.

Demographic information of survey respondents

Participant Characteristics
(n = 8752)
% Total % Males % Females
Age
 18-39 32.42 31.63 33.08
 40-64 49.83 50.66 49.83
 >65 17.76 17.70 17.80
Race
 White 73.14 75.44 71.20
 African American 20.65 18.63 22.35
 Latino/Hispanic 6.21 5.93 6.45
Income Threshold
 Above 2× 76.23 80.95 72.24
 Below 2× 23.77 19.05 27.76
Race × Income Interaction
 White, Not Poor 62.21 66.16 58.88
 White, Poor 10.93 9.28 12.32
 AA, Not Poor 11.23 11.73 10.81
 AA, Poor 9.42 6.90 11.54
 Latino, Not Poor 2.79 3.07 2.55
 Latino, Poor 3.43 2.86 3.90
Education
 < High school graduate 7.01 7.31 6.76
 High school graduate 30.63 28.56 32.36
 Some college 20.37 19.91 20.76
 College graduate 25.55 25.77 25.36
 Post college 16.44 18.44 14.76
Employment Status
 Employed 63.77 68.09 60.14
 Unemployed 12.65 12.25 12.99
 Retired 17.66 17.95 17.42
 Disabled 5.91 1.71 9.45
Marital Status
 Married 58.37 62.50 54.89
 Living with partner 6.79 8.23 5.58
 Single 19.97 19.12 20.69
 Widow 6.70 3.88 9.08
 Other 8.16 6.27 9.76
Sleep Quality
 1 – Restless 9.83 8.37 11.07
 2 8.26 7.01 9.31
 3 22.99 21.60 24.16
 4 27.84 30.80 25.36
 5 – Restful 31.07 32.22 30.11
General Health
 Excellent 33.98 33.93 34.02
 Good 47.75 48.43 47.18
 Fair 14.67 14.36 14.93
 Poor 3.60 3.28 3.88
Mental Illness
 Absent 82.12 87.18 77.86
 Present 17.88 12.82 22.14
Body Mass Index
 ≤25 39.16 29.74 47.08
 25-30 36.10 44.53 29.00
 >30 24.74 25.72 29.91
Stress Level
 Low (1-2) 16.90 20.83 13.59
 Mild (3-4) 20.33 21.80 19.09
 Moderate (5-6) 28.57 27.93 29.11
 High (7-8) 22.56 21.42 23.51
 Very high (9-10) 11.64 8.02 14.70
Smoking Status
 No 80.27 79.98 80.51
 Yes 19.73 20.02 19.49
Children
 No children 64.12 67.69 61.12
 ≥1 children 35.88 32.31 38.88
Sleep Debt
 No sleep debt (0 or surplus) 46.37 52.48 41.22
 Sleep debt(1-5 hours) 53.63 47.52 58.78