Table 2.
Characteristics of respondents with non-missing data by county residence, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey 2010, 2012 (SEPA-HHS) and Berks-Lancaster-Schuylkill Household Health Survey 2011 (N = 15,134)
| Survey cycle(s) | SEPA-HHS 2010 & 2012 | BLS-HHS 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Philadelphia (n = 5,212) | Bucks (n = 1,656) | Chester (n = 1,792) | Delaware (n = 1,937) | Montgomery (n = 2,387) | Berks (n = 704) | Lancaster (n = 705) | Schuylkill (n = 741) |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 53 (42–63) | 52 (44–62) | 52 (43–61) | 53 (43–62) | 52 (43–62) | 54 (45–63) | 52 (42–63) | 54 (44–64) |
| Female, No. (%) | 3,483 (66.8) | 1,009 (60.9) | 1,069 (59.7) | 1,233 (63.7) | 1,471 (61.6) | 389 (55.3) | 347 (49.2) | 413 (55.7) |
| Race/ethnicity, No. (%) | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 2,326 (44.6) | 1,543 (93.2) | 1,593 (88.9) | 1,530 (79.0) | 2,087 (87.4) | 628 (89.2) | 631 (89.5) | 715 (96.5) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 2,253 (43.2) | 36 (2.2) | 99 (5.5) | 299 (15.4) | 166 (7.0) | 21 (3.0) | 15 (2.1) | 4 (0.5) |
| Hispanic | 405 (7.8) | 31 (1.9) | 39 (2.2) | 35 (1.8) | 40 (1.7) | 44 (6.2) | 41 (5.8) | 9 (1.2) |
| Other | 228 (4.4) | 46 (2.8) | 61 (3.4) | 73 (3.8) | 94 (3.9) | 11 (1.6) | 18 (2.6) | 13 (1.8) |
| Rel. incomea, No. (%) | ||||||||
| High (>5) | 1,027 (19.7) | 698 (42.1) | 885 (49.4) | 671 (34.6) | 1,001 (41.9) | 159 (22.6) | 150 (21.3) | 103 (13.9) |
| Middle (2–5) | 1,928 (37.0) | 670 (40.5) | 645 (36.0) | 814 (42.0) | 1,039 (43.5) | 354 (50.3) | 371 (52.6) | 363 (49.0) |
| Low (<2) | 2,257 (43.3) | 288 (17.4) | 262 (14.6) | 452 (23.2) | 347 (14.5) | 191 (27.1) | 184 (26.1) | 275 (37.1) |
| Educationb, No. (%) | ||||||||
| College + | 1,619 (31.1) | 754 (45.5) | 1,038 (57.9) | 856 (44.2) | 1,295 (54.3) | 202 (28.7) | 216 (30.6) | 136 (18.4) |
| Some college | 1,168 (22.4) | 390 (23.6) | 308 (17.2) | 429 (22.1) | 454 (19.0) | 146 (20.7) | 122 (17.3) | 168 (22.7) |
| High school | 1,862 (35.7) | 458 (27.7) | 386 (21.5) | 585 (30.2) | 562 (23.5) | 275 (39.1) | 279 (39.6) | 368 (49.7) |
| < High school | 563 (10.8) | 54 (3.3) | 60 (3.3) | 67 (3.5) | 76 (3.2) | 81 (11.5) | 88 (12.5) | 69 (9.3) |
a
Rel. Income (relative income) refers to the factor by which reported household income is above or below the federal poverty line determined for that household;
b
Education refers to the respondent’s educational attainment