Table 1:
Individual - level study characteristics, by ethnic cohort of enrolled women.
| Characteristic | White | Hispanic | p - value† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | ||
| Overall | 100.0 | (503) | 100.0 | (515) | |
| Age (In Years) | 0.002 | ||||
| 30 - < 35 | 27.6 | (137) | 31.2 | (153) | |
| 35 - < 40 | 26.4 | (131) | 32.4 | (159) | |
| 40 - < 45 | 21.7 | (10S) | 21.2 | (104) | |
| 45 - < 51 | 24.3 | (121) | 15.3 | (75) | |
| Acculturation (language spoken most of the time) | < 0.001 | ||||
| Spanish | 0.2 | (1) | 84.2 | (426) | |
| English | 99.8 | (498) | 15.8 | (80) | |
| Marital status | 0.023 | ||||
| Never married/divorced/separated/widowed | 28.6 | (143) | 22.4 | (114) | |
| Married/living with partner | 71.4 | (357) | 77.6 | (396) | |
| Family structure (# of people, including yourself, living in your household as members of your family) | < 0.001 | ||||
| 1 – 2 | 45.0 | (226) | 16.5 | (84) | |
| 3 – 4 | 43.S | (220) | 37.2 | (189) | |
| 5 or more | 11.2 | (56) | 46.3 | (235) | |
| Education level | < 0.001 | ||||
| High school graduate or lower | 20.7 | (104) | |||
| Didn’t go to school; grade school (1 – 4 years) | 12.0 | (62) | |||
| Grade school (5 – 8 years) | 22.5 | (116) | |||
| Some high school (9 – 11 years) | 16.3 | (84) | |||
| High school diploma or GED | 25.2 | (130) | |||
| Some college or associate degree, vocational/training | 29.6 | (149) | 13.4 | (69) | |
| College graduate or higher | 10.5 | (54) | |||
| College graduate or baccalaureate degree | 23.7 | (119) | |||
| College or professional degree after college graduation | 5.6 | (28) | |||
| Master’s or doctoral degree | 20.5 | (103) | |||
| Total family income (in the last year, before taxes;) | < 0.001 | ||||
| < $30,000 | 21.1 | (101) | 62.9 | (253) | |
| $30,000 - < $50,000 | 14.9 | (71) | 22.1 | (89) | |
| $50,000 - < $75,000 | 21.1 | (101) | 9.5 | (38) | |
| $75,000 - < $100,000 | 18.8 | (90) | 3.5 | (14) | |
| ≥ $100,000 | 24.1 | (115) | 2.0 | (8) | |
| Employment status | < 0.001 | ||||
| Other (not working, disabled, homemaker, student, etc.) | 33.3 | (167) | 52.4 | (268) | |
| Employed (full-time, part-time, self-employed) | 66.7 | (334) | 47.6 | (243) | |
| MacArthur scale of subjective social status | < 0.001 | ||||
| Levels 1 (worst) − 2 | 5.9 | (29) | 21.2 | (100) | |
| Levels 3 – 4 | 27.7 | (137) | 31.1 | (147) | |
| Levels 5 – 6 | 38.2 | (189) | 29.9 | (141) | |
| Levels 7 – 10 (best) | 28.3 | (140) | 17.8 | (84) | |
| Health insurance | < 0.001 | ||||
| No | 16.8 | (84) | 72.7 | (357) | |
| Yes | 83.2 | (416) | 27.3 | (134) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 18.5 (underweight) | 1.2 | (6) | 0.4 | (2) | |
| 18.5 - < 25.0 (normal) | 36.6 | (184) | 14.2 | (73) | |
| 25.0 - < 30.0 (overweight) | 22.7 | (114) | 38.6 | (199) | |
| 30.0 - < 35.0 (obese) | 16.1 | (81) | 26.0 | (134) | |
| 35.0 - < 40.0 (severely obese) | 10.9 | (55) | 13.4 | (69) | |
| ≥ 40 (morbidly obese) | 12.5 | (63) | 7.4 | (38) | |
| General health status | < 0.001 | ||||
| Excellent/very good | 39.2 | (197) | 19.3 | (97) | |
| Good | 43.3 | (218) | 46.2 | (233) | |
| Fair/poor | 17.5 | (88) | 34.5 | (174) | |
†
based on chi-squared test.