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Educated but Unhealthy? Examining Minorities' Diminished Returns
Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease
| Vol 4, Issue 1
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)