Table 2.
Characteristics of the Study Population, Overall and by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
| Non-Hispanic White |
Non-Hispanic Black |
Mexican Origin |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total (N = 11,807) |
Male (n = 3733) |
Female (n = 3840) |
Male (n = 1390) |
Female (n = 1730) |
Male (n = 548) |
Female (n = 566) |
| Allostatic load score, mean (SE) [95% CI] | 3.13 (0.04)[3.05,3.20] | 3.30 (0.05) [3.19,3.40] | 2.79 (0.06) [2.67,2.91] | 3.27 (0.09) [3.09,3.45] | 3.39 (0.08) [3.24,3.54] | 3.49 (0.19) [3.12,3.87] | 3.12 (0.14) [2.84,3.41] |
| Age (years), mean (SE) [95% CI] | 28.34 (0.12) [28.10,28.58] | 28.37 (0.14) [28.10,28.65] | 28.16 (0.13) [27.90,28.43] | 28.70 (0.23) [28.25,29.16] | 28.49 (0.20) [28.09,28.89] | 28.38 (0.28) [27.81,28.95] | 28.26 (0.31) [27.64,28.88] |
| Educational attainment,% [95% CI] | |||||||
| H.S. diploma or less | 7.5 [0.24,0.31] | 28.6 [0.25,0.32] | 19.9 [0.17,0.23] | 42.1 [0.17,0.23] | 26.4 [0.22,0.31] | 2.6 [0.36,0.49] | 36.5 [0.30,0.43] |
| Some college | 42.9 [0.41,0.45] | 41.6 [0.39,0.44] | 43.5 [0.41,0.46] | 40.2 [0.35,0.45] | 47.9 [0.44,0.52] | 43.3 [0.36,0.50] | 47.4 [0.41,0.54] |
| College degree or more | 29.6 [0.26,0.33] | 29.8 [0.25,0.34] | 36.6 [0.32,0.41] | 17.7 [0.13,0.22] | 25.7 [0.19,0.32] | 14.1 [0.10,0.18] | 16.1 [0.11,0.21] |
| Nativity, % [95% CI] | |||||||
| U.S.-born | 97.4 [0.96,0.98] | 98.9 [0.98,0.99] | 98.8 [0.98,0.99] | 98.7 [0.98,1.00] | 98.1 [0.97,0.99] | 81.2 [0.76,0.87] | 80.5 [0.74,0.87] |
| Foreign-born | 2.6 [0.02,0.04] | 1.1 [0.01,0.02] | 1.2 [0.01,0.02] | 1.3 [0.00,0.02] | 1.9 [0.01,0.03] | 18.8 [0.13,0.24] | 19.5 [0.13,0.26] |
| Recency of doctor visit, % [95% CI] | |||||||
| Last year | 58.5 [0.57,0.60] | 45.3 [0.43,0.47] | 66.8 [0.65,0.69] | 60.1 [0.56,0.64] | 79.7 [0.76,0.83] | 52.4 [0.46,0.59] | 68.6 [0.62,0.75] |
| 1–2 years ago | 14.5 [0.14,0.15] | 15.7 [0.14,0.17] | 13.9 [0.12,0.15] | 15.2 [0.13,0.18] | 10.7 [0.09,0.12] | 15.7 [0.11,0.19] | 15.1 [0.11,0.19] |
| >2 years ago or never | 27.0 [0.25,0.28] | 39.0 [0.37,0.41] | 19.3 [0.17,0.21] | 24.7 [0.21,0.28] | 9.6 [0.06,0.13] | 31.9 [0.27,0.37] | 16.3 [0.11,0.22] |
| Smoking behavior, % [95% CI] | |||||||
| Non-smoker | 80.7 [0.79,0.82] | 78.7 [0.77,0.81] | 82.8 [0.81,0.85] | 72.7 [0.69,0.76] | 84.2 [0.80,0.87] | 82.3 [0.77,0.86] | 91.6 [0.87,0.95] |
| Current smoker | 19.3 [0.17,0.21] | 21.3 [0.18,0.24] | 17.2 [0.15,0.20] | 27.3 [0.23,0.32] | 15.8 [0.12,0.20] | 17.7 [0.13,0.25] | 8.4 [0.05,0.13] |
| Alcohol consumption past 12 mos, % [95% CI] | |||||||
| Non-drinker | 25.9 [0.24,0.28] | 19.7 [0.17,0.22] | 23.5 [0.21,0.26] | 38.9 [0.35,0.44] | 43.8 [0.40,0.48] | 24.7 [0.19,0.32] | 40.1 [0.32,0.49] |
| 1-2 drinks/week or less | 61.7 [0.60,0.63] | 61.2 [0.59,0.63] | 68.4 [0.66, 0.71] | 49.3 [0.45,0.53] | 51.9 [0.48,0.56] | 62.3 [0.56,0.69] | 57.2 [0.49,0.65] |
| >2 drinks/week | 12.4 [0.11,0.14] | 19.1 [0.17,0.21] | 8.1 [0.07,0.10] | 11.8 [0.10,0.14] | 4.3 [0.03,0.07] | 13.0 [0.09,0.18] | 2.7 [0.01,0.05] |
Abbreviations:%, weighted percent; SE, standard error of the mean; CI, confidence interval; H.S., high school