Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of Women 18–44 Years Old With and Without Disability Stratified by Race/Ethnicity (weighted percentages, BRFSS 2016)

Characteristic	Non-Hispanic White n=37,942a			Non-Hispanic Black n=6,662			Hispanic n=9,162			Other Raceb n=5,551
	Disability Status			Disability Status			Disability Status			Disability Status
	No n=32,002	Yes n=5,940	p value	No n=5,477	Yes n=1,185	p value	No n=7,520	Yes n=1,642	p value	No n=4,618	Yes n=933	p value
Age			0.045			<0.001			0.228			0.768
18–24	26.9	29.7		28.9	25.1		26.3	27.9		31.8	33.5
25–34	37.6	36.4		38.6	33.7		39.7	35.7		33	33.6
35–44	35.5	33.9		32.5	41.2		34	36.4		35.1	32.9
Age, Mean (SD)	32.6 (7.4)	32.3 (7.7)	0.011	31.9 (7.4)	32.8 (7.5)	<0.001	31.8 (7.4)	32.3 (7.6)	0.007	31.2 (7.6)	32.3 (7.8)	<0.001
Education			<0.001			<0.001			0.004			<0.001
Less than high school	4.8	15.5		6.2	17.8		30.5	35.7		3.3	13.8
High school graduate	19.9	31.7		28.7	35.2		29.3	26.6		17.8	31.2
Some college	36.4	37.9		39.0	34.9		25.8	27.7		30.6	35.4
≥ College graduate	39.0	15.0		26.2	12.1		14.4	9.9		48.3	19.5
Marital Status			<0.001			0.002			<0.001			<0.001
Married/coupled	49.3	33.7		23.0	17.0		41.6	29.4		44.0	27.7
Previously marriedc	8.0	16.7		9.8	14.6		11.0	14.9		6.5	11.5
Never married	42.7	49.6		67.2	68.4		47.5	55.7		49.4	60.8
Employment			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Employed	68.6	45.6		69.4	45.9		52.2	43.0		58.3	44.5
Unemployed	26.6	25.5		20.7	17.9		37.0	31.2		35.3	24.9
Out of workforcec	3.8	11.6		8.1	14.5		8.3	14.7		5.1	10.8
Unable to work	0.9	17.2		1.8	21.8		2.5	11.1		1.4	19.8
Health coverage			<0.001			0.006			0.598			0.010
Insured	7.5	13.3		12.8	18.0		32.9	31.7		8.8	14.2
Uninsured	92.5	86.7		87.2	82.0		67.1	68.3		91.2	85.8
Income			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Less than $15,000	6.1	23.0		15.3	32.8		20.8	30.3		8.6	19.9
$15,000– <$25,000	11.8	26.9		23.8	29.7		31.5	34.6		12.1	33.2
$25,000– <$35,000	8.4	10.9		13.3	10.0		13.3	11.3		9.6	11.5
$35,000– <$50,000	13.7	12.2		14.6	13.8		12.1	10.6		11.0	9.0
$50,000 or more	60.0	27.0		33.0	13.7		22.3	13.2		58.7	26.3

^aSample sizes are unweighted counts

^bIncludes Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and multiple races

^cIncludes divorced, separated, or widowed

^dIncludes students, homemakers, and retired persons

BRFSS=Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System