Variable | Whole sample | Households with children < 18YRS | ||||||||
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All n = 5,606 | HFS n = 4,781 | LFS n = 486 | VLFS n = 339 | p-value* | All n = 1,452 | HFS n = 1,198 | LFS n = 149 | VLFS n = 105 | p-value* | |
Sex (%) | 0.081 | 0.068 | ||||||||
Female | 58.5 | 57.9 | 62.6 | 61.1 | 62.2 | 60.9 | 69.9 | 66.7 | ||
Male | 41.5 | 42.1 | 37.4 | 38.9 | 37.8 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 33.3 | ||
Age (%) | < 0.001 | 0.045 | ||||||||
18–38 years old | 16.5 | 15.4 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 31.3 | 29.5 | 38.3 | 41 | ||
40–59 years old | 43.7 | 43.1 | 44.4 | 51.3 | 59.6 | 61.2 | 53 | 50.5 | ||
60 + years old | 39.8 | 41.5 | 32.3 | 26.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 14.3 | ||
Race (%) | 0.001 | 0.004 | ||||||||
White, Non-Hispanic | 92.9 | 93.4 | 90.7 | 88.5 | 91.7 | 92.8 | 87.2 | 85.7 | ||
Non-Whitea | 7.1 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 12.8 | 14.3 | ||
Region (%) | 0.306 | 0.981 | ||||||||
Northeast | 27.3 | 26.9 | 30.8 | 27.3 | 37.7 | 27.6 | 29.5 | 25.8 | ||
Midwest | 25.8 | 26.4 | 21.2 | 24.7 | 37.9 | 28 | 24.8 | 30.1 | ||
South | 27.3 | 27.0 | 28.2 | 28.9 | 34.9 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 25.8 | ||
West | 19.6 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 20.9 | 18.3 | ||
Residence (%) | < 0.001 | 0.107 | ||||||||
Suburb | 53.3 | 54.3 | 50.3 | 43.4 | 59.2 | 60.8 | 53.5 | 49.5 | ||
Urban | 15.2 | 14.4 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 10.6 | 10 | 11.6 | 16.1 | ||
Rural | 31.5 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 36.2 | 30.2 | 29.2 | 34.9 | 34.4 | ||
Employment (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Employed | 56.2 | 57.8 | 48.3 | 45.1 | 70.3 | 73.3 | 55 | 57 | ||
Student/Unpaid work | 5.5 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 17.1 | 19.4 | ||
Not Work./Unemp | 12.5 | 9.5 | 28.9 | 32.2 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 26.4 | 20.4 | ||
Retired | 25.7 | 27.7 | 15 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 3.2 | ||
Marital status (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Married/cohabiting | 74.1 | 74.9 | 69.3 | 69.0 | 84.6 | 87.7 | 73.6 | 64.5 | ||
Single | 25.9 | 25.1 | 30.7 | 31.0 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 13.2 | 17.2 | ||
Divorced/separated/widowed | 12.7 | 11.5 | 16.2 | 24.3 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 18.3 | ||
Education (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
High School or less | 10.3 | 9.1 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 16.5 | 21.7 | ||
Some Col. / Assoc. D | 34.2 | 32.8 | 40.5 | 45.3 | 30.7 | 28.5 | 38.6 | 45.7 | ||
Bachelor’s D. + | 55.5 | 58.1 | 43.4 | 35.7 | 59.5 | 63.6 | 44.9 | 32.6 | ||
Income (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Less than $30,000 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 31.6 | 47 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 19.0 | 37.2 | ||
$30,000 to less than $50,000 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 26.5 | 22.6 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 22.4 | 22.1 | ||
$50,000 to less than $75,000 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 17 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 14.0 | ||
$75,000 to less than $100,000 | 20.8 | 22.2 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 18.1 | 16.3 | ||
$100,000 or more | 32.7 | 36.8 | 11.7 | 5.9 | 43.7 | 49.3 | 21.6 | 10.5 |