Educated but Unhealthy? Examining Minorities' Diminished Returns

Table 1.

Descriptive Data


	Mean	SD

Age (Years)	48.36	15.67

Educational Attainment (Years)	11.10	2.27

Self-rated Health (SRH; 1-5)	2.56	1.0

	n	%

Race

White	6144	90.6

Black	641	9.4

Ethnicity

Non-Latino	5955	87.8

Latino	830	12.2

Gender

Male	2886	42.5

Female	3899	57.5

US Born

Immigrant	435	6.4

Non-immigrant	6350	93.6

Working

No	2836	41.8

Yes	3944	58.1

Married

No	2906	42.8

Yes	3876	57.1

Source: Understanding America Study (UAS - 2014)