Table 1.

Distribution of Select Sample Characteristics of 1,263 African American Men From the NSAL, 2001 to 2003.

Variable	Happy n = 159	Not happy n = 1,104	p value
Age (mean ± SE)	42.1 ± 0.6	40.5 ± 1.1	.080
Married (%)	51.5	35.4	.001
Less than 12th-grade education (%)	76.9	76.0	.789
Employment (%)	72.8	61.7	.012
Income <30,000 (%)	41.9	53.9	.006
Fair/poor physical health (%)	15.6	31.6	<.001

Note. NSAL = National Survey of American Life, SE = standard error.