Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of individual characteristics among US adults aged ≥18
| Characteristics | Mean (SE) |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30,377 |
| Number of death (persons) | 5,311 |
| Individual characteristics (%) | |
| Mean age (years) | 44.91 (0.15) |
| Happiness | |
| None of the time/ a little of the time | 4.38 (0.14) |
| Some of the time | 16.76 (0.26) |
| Most of the time | 62.62 (0.35) |
| All of the time | 16.24 (0.29) |
| Life satisfaction | |
| Very dissatisfied or dissatisfied | 5.88 (0.15) |
| Satisfied | 50.08 (0.36) |
| Very satisfied | 44.04 (0.38) |
| Social support | |
| Never/rarely | 5.44 (0.16) |
| Sometimes | 12.17 (0.21) |
| Usually | 34.33 (0.34) |
| Always | 47.42 (0.36) |
| Missing | 0.63 (0.06) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 47.88 (0.33) |
| Female | 52.12 (0.33) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 73.89 (0.43) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 11.17 (0.32) |
| Hispanic | 10.69 (0.28) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.68 (0.09) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 3.28 (0.14) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 0.30 (0.05) |
| Nativity/immigrant status | |
| Foreign-born | 13.63 (0.29) |
| US-born1 | 86.37 (0.29) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 15.24 (0.27) |
| High school | 31.62 (0.37) |
| Some college | 29.43 (0.33) |
| College | 23.70 (0.36) |
| Marital status | |
| Currently married | 58.46 (0.38) |
| Widowed | 6.59 (0.15) |
| Divorced/separated | 12.64 (0.20) |
| Never married | 22.31 (0.34) |
| Poverty status2 (%) | |
| <100 | 8.36 (0.23) |
| >=100&<200 | 13.40 (0.25) |
| >=200&<400 | 25.61 (0.33) |
| >=400 | 31.89 (0.40) |
| Missing | 20.74 (0.38) |
| Housing tenure (home ownership) | |
| Renter | 29.50 (0.47) |
| Owner | 70.50 (0.47) |
| Region | |
| Northeast | 18.82 (0.36) |
| North Central/Midwest | 24.56 (0.44) |
| South | 37.19 (0.46) |
| West | 19.43 (0.38) |
| Activity limitation3 | |
| No | 85.19 (0.27) |
| Yes | 14.81 (0.27) |
| Body mass index (BMI) | |
| <25 | 40.43 (0.38) |
| =>25 & <30 | 34.49 (0.34) |
| =>30 & <40 | 19.39 (0.29) |
| =>40 | 5.70 (0.16) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never smoker | 54.61 (0.38) |
| Former smoker | 22.43 (0.29) |
| Current smoker | 22.96 (0.31) |
| Alcohol consumption | |
| Lifetime abstainer | 21.67 (0.37) |
| Former drinker | 14.63 (0.28) |
| Current drinker | 62.82 (0.39) |
| Unknown | 0.88 (0.09) |
SE=standard errors. 1US-born refers to those who were born in the one of the 50 states, or District of Columbia. 2Ratio of family income to poverty threshold. 3Activity limitation indicates whether a person has any limitation in activities listed in nhis survey questionnaire including instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), activities of daily living (ADL), working at a job, walking, or remembering.