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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jul 24;169(5):282–290. doi: 10.7326/M18-0810

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of KP Respondents Compared With NSDUH Respondents*

Characteristic 2017 KP (n = 9003) 2015 NSDUH (n = 43 561)
Age
 18–34 y 2543 (29) 23 637 (30)
 35–49 y 2172(24) 11 164(25)
 50–64 y 2466(27) 5157(26)
 ≥65 y 1822(20) 3598(19)
Sex
 Male 4325 (48) 19 828(48)
 Female 4678 (52) 23 733(52)
Race
 White 5772 (64) 26 025 (65)
 Black 1067(12) 5502(12)
 Hispanic 1430(16) 7648(15)
 Other 734(8) 4386 (8)
Highest education level
 High school diploma or less 3573(39) 18 081 (40)
 Some college 2579(29) 14 504(30)
 Bachelor’s degree or higher 2850(32) 10 976(30)
Employment status
 Working 5579(62) 29 183(62)
 Not working 3424(38) 14 378(38)
Mean number of persons in household 3 3
Household income
 <$20 000 1074(12) 9703(18)
 $20 000–$49 999 2075(23) 14 015(30)
 $50 000–$74 999 1567(17) 6770(17)
 ≥$75 000 4287 (48) 13 073(35)

KP = KnowledgePanel; NSDUH = National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

*

Values are unweighted numbers (weighted percentages).

Responses of 6 or more were calculated as a value of 6.