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Table 2 Participant characteristics, among those who reported experiencing any financial hardshipa stratified by race-ethnicity

From: Racial and ethnic disparities in the association between financial hardship and self-reported weight change during the first year of the pandemic in the U.S.

 

American Indian/

Alaska Native

Asian

Black/African American

English-Speaking

Latino

Spanish-Speaking

Latino

Native

Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

White

Multiracial

Total, N

384

586

765

364

440

393

580

350

Age, median (IQR)

42 (27.0)

38 (19.0)

40 (26.0)

37 (25.0)

36 (16.0)

36 (19.0)

47 (26.0)

36 (23.0)

Gender, n (%)

        

Male

172 (44.7)

257 (43.9)

356 (46.6)

153 (41.9)

246 (56.0)

179 (45.5)

254 (43.9)

159 (45.3)

Female

194 (50.6)

319 (54.4)

398 (52.1)

202 (55.4)

187 (42.5)

203 (51.7)

314 (54.2)

165 (47.0)

Transgender or non-binarya

18 (4.7)

10 (1.7)

10 (1.4)

10 (2.7)

7 (1.5)

11 (2.7)

11 (1.9)

27 (7.7)

Fair/poor physical health, n (%)

150 (39.0)

179 (30.5)

224 (29.3)

121 (33.2)

94 (21.5)

124 (31.6)

167 (28.9)

132 (37.8)

Chronic condition(s)b, n (%)

123 (32.0)

116 (19.8)

168 (22.0)

82 (22.5)

68 (15.4)

96 (24.3)

124 (21.4)

59 (16.7)

Obesity, n (%)

89 (23.2)

84 (14.4)

110 (14.3)

82 (22.6)

43 (9.7)

60 (15.3)

128 (22.0)

63 (18.0)

Health insurance, n (%)

        

Any private insurance

98 (25.7)

294 (50.3)

224 (29.3)

124 (34.3)

88 (20.5)

136 (34.7)

256 (44.2)

139 (39.9)

Public insurance only

193 (50.2)

174 (29.8)

349 (45.7)

142 (39.2)

108 (25.2)

174 (44.5)

219 (37.8)

146 (41.7)

Uninsured

93 (24.1)

117 (20.0)

191 (25.0)

96 (26.4)

234 (54.3)

81 (20.8)

105 (18.1)

64 (18.4)

Immigration status, n (%)

        

US-born citizen

371 (96.9)

294 (50.2)

697 (91.2)

302 (83.1)

73 (16.5)

346 (88.3)

565 (97.6)

327 (93.3)

Foreign-born citizen/legal resident

12 (3.1)

265 (45.3)

61 (8.0)

53 (14.5)

196 (44.7)

41 (10.5)

13 (2.2)

22 (6.3)

Undocumented

0(0.0)

26 (4.5)

7 (0.9)

9 (2.4)

170 (38.8)

5 (1.2)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.4)

Education, n (%)

        

Less than high school graduate

52 (13.7)

27 (4.7)

60 (7.8)

33 (9.1)

134 (30.6)

36 (9.1)

43 (7.3)

35 (9.9)

High school/GED

154 (40.2)

160 (27.3)

290 (37.9)

129 (35.4)

185 (42.0)

158 (40.3)

176 (30.4)

88 (25.2)

Some college/vocational school

136 (35.5)

141 (24.1)

283 (37.0)

135 (37.0)

84 (19.1)

140 (35.5)

187 (32.2)

128 (36.5)

College graduate or more

41 (10.6)

258 (43.9)

132 (17.3)

67 (18.5)

36 (8.3)

59 (15.1)

175 (30.1)

100 (28.4)

Family annual incomec,n (%)

        

<$20,000

119 (33.2)

89 (17.9)

270 (39.4)

77 (23.7)

145 (38.0)

103 (29.4)

110 (21.6)

78 (25.3)

$20,000-$59,999

153 (42.9)

187 (37.5)

268 (39.0)

162 (50.0)

196 (51.4)

139 (39.4)

217 (42.5)

126 (41.0)

$60,000-$99,999

59 (16.6)

126 (25.3)

102 (14.9)

60 (18.5)

30 (8.0)

73 (20.7)

98 (19.2)

71 (23.0)

≥$100,000

26 (7.2)

96 (19.3)

46 (6.6)

25 (7.8)

10 (2.6)

37 (10.5)

86 (16.8)

33 (10.7)

Married/ partnership, n (%)

171 (44.6)

271 (46.3)

226 (29.5)

154 (42.2)

266 (60.5)

186 (47.4)

266 (45.8)

129 (36.9)

Household configuration, n (%)

        

Lives alone

64 (16.6)

123 (21.0)

179 (23.4)

48 (13.1)

39 (9.0)

58 (14.7)

118 (20.4)

63 (18.1)

Adults only

184 (48.1)

271 (46.3)

269 (35.1)

173 (47.6)

120 (27.3)

153 (38.9)

300 (51.7)

171 (48.8)

Single parent/child(ren) only

17 (4.5)

23 (3.9)

77 (10.1)

15 (4.3)

23 (5.1)

14 (3.5)

15 (2.5)

10 (2.8)

Adults and children

118 (30.8)

169 (28.9)

240 (31.3)

128 (35.0)

258 (58.6)

169 (42.9)

147 (25.4)

106 (30.2)

Residence urbanicity, n (%)

        

Big city

86 (22.5)

153 (26.2)

254 (33.7)

114 (31.8)

195 (44.5)

73 (18.6)

93 (17.7)

86 (24.6)

Smaller city

75 (19.5)

94 (16.0)

167 (22.2)

88 (24.6)

136 (31.1)

75 (19.2)

85 (16.2)

68 (19.3)

Suburban area

66 (17.3)

222 (38.0)

206 (27.4)

101 (28.2)

63 (14.5)

116 (30.0)

151 (28.9)

118 (33.7)

Small town

73 (18.9)

72 (12.2)

70 (9.3)

31 (8.7)

26 (6.0)

77 (20.0)

97 (18.7)

41 (11.6)

Rural

83 (21.7)

45 (7.6)

56 (7.4)

24 (6.7)

17 (3.9)

51 (12.9)

97 (18.5)

38 (11.0)

  1. Any financial hardship status during the first year of the pandemic was categorized as dichotomous (≥ 1 [any] vs. no hardships)
  2. a Includes individuals who identified as non-binary, gender queer, gender fluid, other, and none
  3. b Chronic conditions included: cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney disease, diabetes, heart conditions, immunocompromised from transplant, and sickle cell disease
  4. cCollected by YouGov at enrollment into panel