Table 2.

Characteristics of Appalachian Respondents in 3 Study States

	3 States’ Appalachian Samples Combined (N = 1,891)		Appalachian Kentucky (n = 798)		Appalachian Ohio (n = 112)		Appalachian Pennsylvania (n = 981)
	Na	%b	n	%	n	%	n	%	P value
Age									NSc
18–49	621	51.0	211	50.4	40	51.1	370	51.2
50–64	616	28.1	269	29.4	35	30.7	312	26.7
65+	625	20.9	297	20.3	37	18.2	291	22.1
Gender									NS
Male	770	48.9	272	48.8	38	49.9	460	48.7
Female	1,111	51.1	516	51.2	74	50.1	521	51.3
Race									NS
Non-Hispanic white	1,737	93.1	740	95.4	107	95.1	890	91.5
Other/multiple race	97	6.9	36	4.6	5	4.9	56	8.5
Annual household income									<.001
$0-$19,999	388	19.8	204	23.8	16	13.6	168	20.4
$20,000-$49,999	456	24.9	228	32.9	28	24.4	200	21.7
$50,000-$99,999	477	33.6	178	27.9	42	41.4	257	33.1
$100,000+	295	21.7	90	15.4	20	20.6	185	24.7
Highest level of education									.004
Below high school	144	6.2	93	12.2	5	3.7	46	4.8
High school and/or some	1,099	55.0	457	56.6	64	52.6	578	55.1
college
College or graduate school	624	38.8	230	31.2	43	43.7	351	40.1
Employment									NS
Employed	833	55.9	278	50.7	53	61.2	502	56.1
Unemployed	1,029	44.1	496	49.3	59	38.8	474	43.9
Insurance status									NS
Uninsured	69	4.5	26	5.3	2	1.5	41	5.2
Medicare	474	18.0	232	20.4	34	18.8	208	16.9
Medicaid	172	10.3	89	16.5	9	8.8	74	8.6
Private	975	62.4	315	51.4	62	65.6	598	65.2
Other	102	4.8	53	6.4	5	5.3	44	4.0
Marital status									<.001
Married/living together	1,065	57.2	468	69.5	72	63.0	525	50.7
Not married	800	42.8	310	30.5	40	37.0	450	49.3
Urban-rural status									<.001
Urban	926	58.5	134	9.8	52	49.6	740	79.9
Rural	965	41.5	664	90.2	60	50.4	241	20.1
Feeling about present income									<.001
Living comfortably	729	44.5	237	31.8	56	49.4	436	47.7
Getting by	716	38.0	301	39.2	40	39.8	375	36.9
Finding it difficult	250	11.0	150	17.9	9	5.7	91	10.1
Finding it very difficult	128	6.5	75	11.1	6	5.0	47	5.2
Current smoking status									NS
Every day	245	34.1	113	40.7	11	25.1	121	33.9
Some days	55	8.1	13	3.9	4	7.3	38	10.2
Not at all	515	57.8	247	55.4	28	67.5	240	55.8
Smoked at least 100 cigarettes									NS
Yes	809	43.3	366	48.4	43	39.3	400	42.6
No	1,041	56.7	421	51.6	68	60.7	552	57.4
Body mass index									<.001
Underweight	75	3.0	55	5.8	4	2.1	16	2.1
Healthy	485	28.8	183	21.7	26	26.5	276	32.4
Overweight	649	35.4	278	36.3	37	29.1	334	37.3
Obese	610	32.8	282	36.2	45	42.2	283	28.2

^aUnweighted counts.

^bWeighted percentage.

^cNonsignificant P value > .05.