Table 1.
Descriptive statistics in the overall sample.
| All | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 28614 | 44.1 | 28614 | 100.00 | - | - |
| Women | 36200 | 55.9 | - | - | 36200 | 100.00 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 52033 | 80.3 | 23408 | 81.8 | 28625 | 79.1 |
| Black | 9187 | 14.2 | 3528 | 12.3 | 5659 | 15.6 |
| Other Race/Ethnic Groups | 3594 | 5.5 | 1678 | 5.9 | 1916 | 5.3 |
| Employed* | ||||||
| No | 32922 | 50.8 | 10869 | 38.0 | 22053 | 60.9 |
| Yes | 31892 | 49.2 | 17745 | 62.0 | 14147 | 39.1 |
| Marital Status* | ||||||
| No | 30685 | 47.3 | 12378 | 43.3 | 18307 | 50.6 |
| Yes | 34129 | 52.7 | 16236 | 56.7 | 17893 | 49.4 |
| Subjective Health *m | ||||||
| Not Healthy | 11845 | 24.9 | 4913 | 23.3 | 6932 | 26.2 |
| Healthy | 35745 | 75.1 | 16185 | 76.7 | 19560 | 73.8 |
| Happiness | ||||||
| Not Happy | 7668 | 12.8 | 3356 | 12.7 | 4312 | 12.9 |
| Happy | 52386 | 87.2 | 23159 | 87.3 | 29227 | 87.1 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (Years)* | 45.86 | 17.28 | 45.23 | 16.88 | 46.35 | 17.58 |
| Educational Attainment (0-20)* | 7.574 | 6.09 | 7.87 | 6.09 | 7.34 | 6.08 |
m: 17224 missing cases
*
p < 0.05 for comparison of men and women
SD: Standard Deviation