Sociodemographic characteristics of 1565 MUH residents in six communities across the USA, 2012
| Characteristic | Overall (n=1565) (%) | Columbia (n=358) (%) | Charleston (n=318) (%) | Grand Forks (n=196) (%) | Bismarck (n=271) (%) | Fort Collins (n=227) (%) | Pueblo (n=195) (%) | p Value |
| Housing status type Subsidised housing market-rate housing | 459 (25.8) 1068 (74.2) | 109 (25.4) 236 (74.6) | 104 (21.5) 210 (78.5) | 56 (26.9) 135 (73.1) | 56 (26.4) 210 (73.6) | 62 (20.4) 162 (79.6) | 72 (38.5) 115 (61.5) | |
| Smoking status Never user Former user Current user (every, some days) | 731 (48.3) 503 (21.8) 1554 (29.9) | 166 (50.0) 107 (16.5) 84 (33.5) | 140 (49.5) 98 (22.4) 78 (28.1) | 98 (57.5) 51 (19.2) 43 (23.3) | 138 (43.3) 96 (25.2) 35 (31.5) | 107 (46.5) 87 (25.4) 33 (28.1) | 82 (42.4) 64 (24.6) 47 (33.0) | 0.02 |
| Child <18 years in household (% yes) | 197 (16.9) | 64 (24.9) | 37 (14.2) | 24 (11.8) | 20 (13.1) | 25 (13.2) | 27 (21.8) | <0.001 |
| Sex (% female) | 1043 (42.9) | 238 (39.8) | 230 (47.2) | 118 (44.9) | 184 (43.2) | 149 (34.8) | 124 (48.5) | 0.027 |
| Age (years) 18–24 25–64 65+ | 68 (30.4) 791 (58.8) 701 (10.8) | 11 (32.5) 214 (61.6) 132 (5.9) | 10 (30.3) 170 (62.8) 137 (6.9) | 14 (26.7) 108 (51.8) 73 (21.5) | 13 (30.7) 101 (53.3) 157 (15.9) | 5 (38.8) 106 (56.4) 116 (4.8) | 15 (20.3) 92 (65.1) 86 (14.6) | <0.001 |
| MUH type Apartment Other MUH type | 1105 (66.7) 460 (33.3) | 271 (73.1) 87 (26.9) | 232 (55.3) 86 (44.7) | 143 (69.9) 53 (30.1) | 187 (64.2) 84 (35.8) | 131 (69.2) 96 (30.8) | 141 (71.3) 54 (28.7) | <0.001 |
| Race Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic black Hispanic Non-Hispanic, other Missing | 1010 (54.8) 344 (21.4) 125 (15.7) 59 (7.1) 27 (1.0) | 127 (27.7) 193 (61.9) 18 (5.3) 11 (3.6) 9 (1.4) | 163 (42.6) 138 (30.3) 4 (21.8) 10 (5.6) 3 (0.0) | 166 (88.3) 8 (7.1) 1 (1.0) 17 (2.0) 4 (1.5) | 248 (75.6) 0 (0.0) 7 (1.1) 12 (22.6) 4 (0.7) | 203 (68.0) 1 (0.9) 13 (24.1) 6 (6.1) 4 (0.9) | 103 (47.2) 4 (1.0) 82 (49.7) 3 (1.0) 3 (1.0) | <0.001 |
| Education Less than high school High school grad/GED Some college/tech school College/tech school grad Graduate or professional school | 156 (8.8) 436 (31.3) 344 (24.3) 414 (25.7) 205 (10.0) | 46 (11.2) 88 (28.1) 84 (23.6) 104 (29.5) 34 (7.6) | 44 (7.3) 81 (31.2) 68 (29.7) 81 (21.1) 41 (10.7) | 11 (3.6) 62 (33.8) 40 (26.7) 53 (22.1) 28 (13.8) | 32 (14.6) 89 (29.9) 54 (20.1) 67 (26.9) 26 (8.6) | 7 (4.4) 43 (24.7) 51 (19.4) 70 (37.4) 56 (14.1) | 16 (8.7) 73 (44.6) 47 (26.2) 39 (14.4) 20 (6.2) | <0.001 |
| Annual household income ≤$29 999 $30 000–$59 999 ≥$60 000 Do not know or missing | 838 (49.0) 341 (30.0) 155 (11.3) 231 (9.6) | 199 (57.0) 96 (27.9) 24 (5.6) 39 (9.5) | 172 (40.7) 62 (33.1) 33 (15.1) 51 (11.0) | 98 (52.6) 48 (25.0) 21 (9.2) 29 (13.3) | 147 (55.0) 56 (21.8) 29 (17.7) 39 (5.5) | 96 (23.3) 51 (53.7) 40 (15.4) 40 (7.5) | 126 (65.6) 28 (17.9) 8 (4.1) 33 (12.3) | <0.001 |
n represent unweighted distributions; percentages are weighted to the age, race and gender within each community. The number of respondents in each category may not add up to column totals due to missing data (except for ‘annual household income’ and ‘race’ that include a category for missing data).
p Values compare the proportion of each characteristic present by community using χ2 analysis (completed on weighted data). p Values <0.05 are considered statistically significant.
GED, General Educational Development.