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Table 1 Participant characteristics, stratified by race-ethnicity, CURB survey, N = 5,500

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

500

1000

1000

500

500

500

1000

500

Age, median (IQR)

43 (27.0)

38 (20.0)

41 (27.0)

38 (27.0)

37 (17.0)

37 (21.0)

51 (27.0)

36 (24.0)

Gender, n (%)

        

Male

231 (46.2)

456 (45.9)

472 (47.2)

217 (43.7)

273 (54.3)

236 (47.2)

475 (47.6)

228 (45.6)

Female

245 (49.1)

525 (52.8)

513 (51.3)

268 (54.1)

224 (44.4)

250 (50.0)

509 (50.9)

238 (47.5)

Transgender or non-binarya

24 (4.8)

13 (1.3)

15 (1.5)

11 (2.3)

7 (1.3)

14 (2.8)

15 (1.5)

35 (6.9)

Fair/Poor Physical health, n (%)

181 (36.1)

256 (25.6)

256 (25.6)

137 (27.7)

105 (20.9)

143 (28.7)

243 (24.3)

163 (32.6)

Chronic condition(s)b, n (%)

160 (32.0)

181 (18.1)

223 (22.3)

102 (20.5)

77 (15.2)

117 (23.5)

214 (21.4)

78 (15.7)

Obesity, n (%)

102 (20.3)

114 (11.4)

141 (14.1)

99 (20.0)

53 (10.6)

77 (15.5)

194 (19.4)

80 (16.1)

Health insurance, n (%)

        

Any private insurance

157 (31.6)

589 (59.0)

342 (34.4)

196 (39.5)

110 (22.4)

198 (39.8)

540 (54.0)

252 (50.5)

Public insurance only

238 (47.7)

260 (26.0)

431 (43.3)

181 (36.6)

122 (24.9)

212 (42.6)

337 (33.7)

172 (34.6)

Uninsured

103 (20.8)

149 (15.0)

222 (22.3)

118 (23.9)

259 (52.7)

88 (17.6)

122 (12.2)

74 (14.9)

Immigration status, n (%)

        

US-born citizen

485 (97.2)

515 (51.5)

907 (90.7)

408 (82.3)

86 (17.1)

443 (88.7)

977 (97.8)

456 (91.1)

Foreign-born citizen/legal resident

14 (2.8)

433 (43.3)

83 (8.3)

77 (15.6)

224 (44.5)

50 (10.1)

21 (2.1)

43 (8.6)

Undocumented

0(0.0)

52 (5.2)

10 (1.0)

11 (2.2)

194 (38.4)

6 (1.2)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.3)

Education, n (%)

        

Less than high school graduate

57 (11.4)

40 (4.0)

68 (6.8)

41 (8.3)

146 (29.1)

41 (8.3)

55 (5.5)

49 (9.8)

High school/GED

192 (38.5)

229 (22.9)

375 (37.5)

175 (35.3)

212 (42.1)

196 (39.2)

291 (29.1)

120 (24.0)

Some college/vocational school

181 (36.2)

215 (21.5)

351 (35.1)

174 (35.2)

99 (19.7)

178 (35.7)

312 (31.2)

180 (36.0)

College graduate or more

70 (13.9)

516 (51.6)

207 (20.7)

105 (21.3)

46 (9.1)

84 (16.8)

342 (34.2)

151 (30.1)

Family annual incomec, n (%)

        

<$20,000

123 (26.7)

106 (12.4)

292 (33.3)

93 (21.0)

154 (35.3)

110 (24.8)

130 (15.2)

86 (19.8)

$20,000-$59,000

193 (41.9)

281 (32.8)

346 (39.4)

199 (45.1)

224 (51.3)

165 (37.1)

336 (39.2)

177 (41.0)

$60,000-$99,000

81 (17.5)

229 (26.7)

137 (15.6)

96 (21.8)

43 (9.8)

108 (24.3)

181 (21.1)

100 (23.1)

≥$100,000

64 (13.9)

241 (28.1)

103 (11.8)

53 (12.1)

16 (3.6)

61 (13.7)

211 (24.6)

69 (16.0)

Married/ partnership, n(%)

238 (47.6)

507 (50.7)

318 (31.8)

220 (44.4)

313 (62.1)

248 (49.6)

522 (52.2)

186 (37.2)

Household Configuration, n (%)

        

Lives alone

78 (15.7)

173 (17.3)

240 (24.0)

72 (14.4)

46 (9.1)

81 (16.1)

198 (19.8)

90 (18.1)

Adults only

252 (50.4)

516 (51.6)

389 (38.9)

253 (51.0)

142 (28.2)

209 (41.9)

580 (58.0)

253 (50.5)

Single parent/children only

22 (4.3)

30 (3.0)

86 (8.6)

19 (3.8)

25 (4.9)

15 (3.0)

19 (1.9)

13 (2.7)

Adults and children

148 (29.6)

280 (28.0)

285 (28.5)

153 (30.8)

291 (57.8)

195 (39.0)

204 (20.4)

144 (28.7)

Residence urbanicity, n (%)

        

Big city

99 (19.9)

265 (26.5)

344 (34.9)

152 (31.0)

223 (45.0)

98 (19.5)

130 (15.1)

122 (24.3)

Smaller city

92 (18.4)

161 (16.1)

193 (19.6)

108 (21.9)

159 (31.6)

89 (17.7)

134 (15.5)

87 (17.4)

Suburban area

101 (20.2)

415 (41.6)

300 (30.4)

155 (31.4)

74 (14.7)

153 (30.7)

285 (32.9)

182 (36.3)

Small town

94 (18.8)

106 (10.6)

83 (8.4)

38 (7.7)

29 (5.7)

98 (19.6)

150 (17.4)

62 (12.3)

Rural

114 (22.8)

53 (5.3)

67 (6.8)

39 (8.0)

17 (3.4)

62 (12.5)

166 (19.2)

48 (9.5)

  1. a Includes individuals who identified as non-binary, gender queer, gender fluid, other, and none
  2. b Chronic conditions included: cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney disease, diabetes, heart conditions, immunocompromised from transplant, and sickle cell disease
  3. c Collected by YouGov at enrollment into panel