Research Article
Relationships between Social Resources and Healthful Behaviors across the Age Spectrum
Table 2
Characteristics of participants ().
| Characteristic ( respondents) | (%) |
| Sex (2,440) | | Female | 1603 (65.7%) | Age (years) (2,440) | | 18–34 | 494 (20.2%) | 35–49 | 679 (27.8%) | 50–64 | 921 (37.8%) | ≥65 | 345 (14.1%) | Race/Ethnicity (2,350) | | White | 1307 (54.7%) | Black | 667 (27.9%) | Hispanic | 215 (9%) | Asian | 107 (4.5%) | Other | 54 (2.2%) | Education (2,403) | | Less than high school | 89 (3.7%) | High school graduate/GED | 296 (12.3%) | Some college or 2-year degree | 577 (24%) | ≥4-year college degree | 1441 (60%) | Money situation in household (2,367) | | “Comfortable with extras” | 1083 (45.8%) | “Enough but no extras” | 683 (28.9%) | “Have to cut back” | 476 (20.1%) | “Cannot make ends meet” | 125 (5.3%) | BMI (kg/m2) (2,327) | | Normal (18.5–24.9) | 771 (33.1%) | Overweight (25–29.9) | 785 (33.7%) | Obese (≥30) | 771 (33.1%) | Health status (2,440) | | Very good/excellent | 1282 (52.5%) | Good | 860 (35.2%) | Fair/poor | 298 (12.2%) | Moderate and vigorous physical activity category (2255) | | <150 min/wk | 735 (32.6%) | 150–959 min/wk | 1289 (57.2%) | ≥960 min/wk | 231 (10.2%) |
| Fruit and vegetable intake (servings/day) (2232) | Mean (SD) |
| | 3.4 (2.5) | CIRS scores (0–4 scale) (2317) | | Overall | 1.09 (0.64) | Family and friends | 1.19 (0.91) | Neighborhood | 1.36 (0.83) | Organizational | 0.74 (0.78) |
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