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. 2022 Jun 11;19:101145. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101145

Table 1.

Nationally representative proportions∗ of sociodemographic factors in each of four U.S. regionsa.

Sociodemographic Factors Percentage in each region (%)
 p-value#
Northeast1 Midwest2 South3 West4 Overall
Sex
Male 45.9 46.6 48.4 47.7 47.3 0.58
Female
 54.1
 53.4
 51.6
 52.3
 52.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 56.2 81.7 60.4 73.5 68.3 <0.001
Non-Hispanic African American 4.1 9.0 23.0 6.7 13.1
Hispanic 23.2 3.8 12.8 13.0 11.7
Other
 16.5
 5.5
 3.8
 6.9
 6.9
Education attainment
Four-year college or above 9.7 13.4 8.5 15.2 11.2 0.08
Associate degree or alternatives 46.4 43.0 42.1 48.4 44.0
High school or below
 44.0
 43.6
 49.4
 36.4
 44.9
Childhood residential urbanity
Rural 14.9 14.6 29.8 12.2 20.0 <0.001
Suburban 52.3 41.7 34.9 49.0 41.9
Urban 26.3 36.4 26.2 30.3 30.0
Moved between rural/suburban/urban
 6.6
 7.3
 9.2
 8.5
 8.1
Frequency of receiving public support/welfare
Never 82.0 82.1 81.0 84.2 82.0 0.47
Once 12.6 9.9 10.8 10.1 10.7
Multiple times 5.4 8.0 8.2 5.7 7.3

Note.

# P-value was obtained using the survey design-adjusted Pearson Chi-square test (Rao-Scott Chi-square test).

∗

These regional estimations were statistically calculated by the method of sample weights.

a

These are the four major geographical regions defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The same classification of U.S. regions is used throughout this article.