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Demographics

Characteristics of GuLF STUDY Participants - Reported at Enrollment

01/12/2015

  N %
Gender    
  Male 25,490 80.7
  Female 6,103 19.3
Age (years)    
  <30 6,223 19.8
  30-45 11,813 37.5
  >45 13,464 42.7
Race    
  White 20,183 64.2
  Black 7,375 23.5
  Asian 274 0.9
  Other 3,616 11.5
Ethnicity    
  Hispanic 2,067 6.6
  Non-Hispanic 29,444 93.4
Marital Status    
  Divorced/Separated/Widowed 6,065 19.3
  Married/Living as Married 17,614 56.1
  Never Married 7,744 24.6
Education    
  <High School 5,099 16.2
  High School Diploma or GED 9,436 30.0
  > High School 16,996 53.8
Income    
  0-$20,000 8,260 29.2
  $20,001-$50,000 9,060 32.0
  >$50,000 11,001 38.8

The Ns for individual characteristics may be slightly less than the total N due to a small percentage of don't know and refusal responses.

For race, "other" includes American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island, other, and persons reporting more than one race.

Vietnamese-speaking participants who took a short version of the enrollment questionnaire are not included.

Preliminary interim data.

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