Table 1.

Demographic characteristics in a nationally representative sample of individuals in the United States with no history of mental disorder (N=9687).

	Number of Distress Symptoms
	0–1 (n=7008)	2 (n=1402)	3–5 (n=1227)
Age (%)
18–29	16	23	25
30–49	31	33	34
50–64	27	25	25
65+	26	19	16
Sex (%)
Male	54	44	39
Female	46	56	61
Education (%)
High school graduate or less	36	34	42
Some college	21	23	22
Associate degree	9	10	9
College graduate	19	19	16
Post graduate	14	15	11
Race (%)
Non-Hispanic White	65	62	57
Non-Hispanic Black	11	13	14
Hispanic	15	17	21
Other	9	9	8
Marital Status (%)
Married	53	46	37
Never married	21	26	31
Widowed	7	5	4
Divorced/Separated	12	13	16
Living with partner	8	10	13
Income (%)
<40k	34	37	50
40–49k	11	8	10
50–74k	17	17	14
75–99k	14	14	8
100k+	24	24	18
Attends religious services (%)
Seldom or Never	50	55	60
A few times a year	15	18	17
Once or twice a month	7	9	8
Once a week+	28	18	15

Demographic characteristics are stratified by number of symptoms occurring 3+ days in past week (0–1, 2, 3–5). Chi-squared differences for each variable by number of symptoms occurring 3+ days in past week are all statistically significant at p<0.001.