Table 2. Other characteristics of study population, N=303,244 (weighted %, means).
| % or Mean (SE) | |
| Demographic characteristics | |
| Age | 46.0 (.08) |
| Male | 49.1% |
| Region | |
| Northeast | 17.5% |
| Midwest | 25.0% |
| South | 34.7% |
| West | 22.9% |
| Marital status | |
| Married/partnered | 57.3% |
| Divorced/separated | 13.4% |
| Widowed | 5.0% |
| Never married | 24.3% |
| Number of children | .73 (.00) |
| Acculturation | |
| US citizen | 93.4% |
| Years in the United States | |
| Not foreign born | 89.3% |
| Less than one year | .1% |
| One year to less than five years | .9% |
| Five years to less than ten years | 1.5% |
| 10 years to less than 15 years | 1.7% |
| 15 years or more | 6.5% |
| Interview language | |
| English | 92.9% |
| Spanish | 4.4% |
| English and Spanish | 2.6% |
| Other | .0% |
| Socioeconomic factors | |
| Educational attainment | |
| Less than high school | 12.1% |
| High school | 29.2% |
| Some college | 30.6% |
| College or more | 28.2% |
| Household income | |
| $0-$34,999 | 31.1% |
| $35,000-$74,999 | 32.9% |
| $75,000+ | 36.0% |
| Hours per week worked | |
| 0 | 18.5% |
| 1 to 39 | 26.6% |
| 40 | 35.8% |
| 41+ | 19.1% |
| Owns home | 70.7% |
| Health behaviors | |
| Smoking status | |
| Never smoker | 57.5% |
| Former smoker | 23.3% |
| Current someday smoker | 4.0% |
| Current everyday smoker | 15.2% |
| Alcohol consumption | |
| Never drinker | 18.2% |
| Former drinker | 14.3% |
| Current drinker | 67.5% |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2017.