Table 1.
Demographic information among women aged 19–39 years by racial/ethnic groups, NHANES 2003–2014 * (N = 3931).
| Non-Hispanic White (n = 1916) | Mexican-American (n = 916) |
Non-Hispanic Black (n = 1099) | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 29.3 ± 0.2 | 29.1 ± 0.2 | 28.7 ± 0.3 | 0.1658 |
| BMI group (%) | <0.0001 | |||
| Normal/underweight | 48.6 | 30.0 | 25.6 | |
| Overweight | 23.3 | 30.5 | 23.1 | |
| Obesity | 28.1 | 39.5 | 51.2 | |
| Marital status (%) | <0.0001 | |||
| Married | 46.3 | 47.1 | 20.4 | |
| Not married | 53.7 | 52.9 | 79.6 | |
| PIR a (%) | <0.0001 | |||
| <1.0 | 16.6 | 38.4 | 35.9 | |
| 1.0–1.84 | 16.9 | 28.3 | 24.6 | |
| ≥1.85 | 66.5 | 33.3 | 39.5 | |
| Education (%) | <0.0001 | |||
| Less than high school | 8.8 | 41.9 | 17.2 | |
| High school/ GED b | 18.6 | 20.4 | 24.9 | |
| Some college or above | 72.5 | 37.7 | 57.9 |
* Values are presented as weighted mean ± standard error or weighted percent. a Poverty–income ratio (PIR): the ratio of income to the poverty threshold after accounting for inflation and family size [33]. PIR was divided into three levels: <1.00 (extremely poor, below the official poverty threshold), 1.0–1.84 (very and nearly poor), ≥1.85 (not poor). b GED: general equivalency diploma. BMI, body mass index.