Table 1. Characteristics of the Population at Wave 1 (1992), Overall and Stratified by Immigration Status.
| Characteristic | Participants, Unweighted No. (Weighted %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Unweighted N = 9691 [100%]) | Recent Immigrants (Unweighted n = 841 [8%]) | Early Immigrants (Unweighted n = 201 [2%]) | Nonimmigrants (n = 8649 [90%]) | |
| Female | 5111 (52.6) | 460 (54.4) | 108 (51.6) | 4543 (52.5) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 56.0 (3.2) | 56.0 (3.1) | 55.0 (3.2) | 56.0 (3.2) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 6941 (74.5) | 241 (33.0) | 99 (55.0) | 6601 (78.8) |
| Hispanic | 894 (8.1) | 427 (45.7) | 73 (30.9) | 394 (4.1) |
| African American | 1653 (15.3) | 78 (9.1) | 27 (13.1) | 1548 (15.9) |
| Other | 203 (2.1) | 95 (12.2) | 2 (1.1) | 106 (1.2) |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 2574 (25.0) | 408 (44.7) | 68 (29.6) | 2098 (23.1) |
| High school | 3674 (38.5) | 181 (22.8) | 61 (29.7) | 3432 (40.2) |
| Some college | 1831 (19.2) | 113 (14.6) | 28 (16.9) | 1690 (19.7) |
| College or higher | 1612 (17.2) | 139 (18.0) | 44 (23.9) | 1429 (17.0) |
| Father’s education, y | ||||
| Missing | 1236 (12.2) | 105 (11.4) | 32 (13.3) | 1099 (12.3) |
| 0-6 | 2257 (21.9) | 338 (37.9) | 60 (25.7) | 1859 (20.4) |
| 7-8 | 2106 (22.5) | 97 (12.8) | 26 (14.5) | 1983 (23.6) |
| 9-12 | 3106 (33.0) | 202 (25.4) | 40 (23.4) | 2864 (33.9) |
| ≥13 | 986 (10.4) | 99 (12.4) | 43 (23.0) | 844 (9.9) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 7101 (74.0) | 620 (74.3) | 140 (73.1) | 6341 (74.0) |
| Divorced | 1495 (15.0) | 127 (15.2) | 32 (13.6) | 1336 (15.0) |
| Widow | 637 (4.7) | 46 (5.2) | 17 (8.2) | 574 (6.4) |
| Unmarried | 458 (6.3) | 48 (5.3) | 12 (5.0) | 398 (4.7) |
| Annual household incomea | ||||
| Quartile 1 | 2443 (22.2) | 237 (24.9) | 46 (17.5) | 2160 (22.1) |
| Quartile 2 | 2421 (24.7) | 214 (24.5) | 57 (27.9) | 2150 (24.6) |
| Quartile 3 | 2407 (25.7) | 193 (23.7) | 43 (21.7) | 2171 (25.9) |
| Quartile 4 | 2420 (27.4) | 197 (26.7) | 55 (32.9) | 2168 (27.4) |
| Self-rated health | ||||
| Excellent | 2104 (22.3) | 190 (24.1) | 58 (30.9) | 1856 (22.0) |
| Very good | 2708 (28.6) | 149 (18.8) | 47 (26.3) | 2512 (29.6) |
| Good | 2689 (27.3) | 260 (30.5) | 44 (20.1) | 2385 (27.2) |
| Fair | 1392 (13.9) | 163 (18.2) | 36 (14.7) | 1193 (13.5) |
| Poor | 798 (7.8) | 79 (2.3) | 16 (3.1) | 703 (0.6) |
| Employment | ||||
| Works full time | 5349 (55.2) | 431 (51.7) | 108 (54.0) | 4810 (55.5) |
| Works part time | 982 (10.4) | 94 (11.5) | 15 (8.6) | 873 (10.4) |
| Retired | 1598 (16.4) | 76 (9.3) | 31 (15.6) | 1491 (17.1) |
| Disabled | 412 (4.0) | 40 (4.2) | 7 (3.2) | 365 (4.0) |
| Not in labor force | 1033 (10.7) | 147 (16.8) | 31 (14.2) | 855 (10.1) |
| Unemployed | 317 (3.3) | 53 (6.4) | 9 (4.4) | 255 (3.0) |
| Religion | ||||
| Protestant | 6333 (64.1) | 238 (28.6) | 89 (44.0) | 6006 (67.8) |
| Catholic | 2635 (28.0) | 517 (60.3) | 91 (45.2) | 2027 (24.6) |
| Jewish | 157 (1.8) | 12 (1.7) | 6 (3.9) | 139 (1.8) |
| None | 467 (5.1) | 30 (3.8) | 11 (5.0) | 426 (5.2) |
| Other | 99 (9.1) | 44 (5.6) | 4 (1.9) | 51 (0.6) |
| Interview language | ||||
| English | 9277 (96.6) | 510 (66.0) | 168 (86.3) | 8599 (99.6) |
| Spanish | 414 (3.4) | 331 (34.0) | 33 (13.7) | 50 (0.4) |
a
Annual household income quartiles are defined as follows: quartile 1, $0 to $18 000; quartile 2, $18 001 to $36 000; quartile 3, $36 001 to $59 800; and quartile 4, $59 801 or more.