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Table 1 Baseline demographics of 3289 women in the analytic sample, Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

From: It is not just menopause: symptom clustering in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

 

Total (N = 3289)

Per Cent

Study site

 Michigan

542

16.5%

 Boston

448

13.6%

 Chicago

456

13.9%

 Davis

459

14.0%

 Los Angeles

496

15.1%

 New Jersey

425

12.9%

 Pittsburgh

463

14.1%

Race/ethnicity

 Black

931

28.3%

 White

1546

47.0%

 Chinese

250

7.6%

 Hispanic

281

8.5%

 Japanese

281

8.5%

Educationa

 Some college or more

2446

75.0%

 High school or less

814

25.0%

Smoking statusb

 Never

1867

57.3%

 Past

824

25.3%

 Current

567

17.4%

How hard it is to pay for basicsc

 Very hard

302

9.2%

 Somewhat hard

1002

30.7%

 Not hard

1965

60.1%

Self-rated healthd

 Excellent

695

21.4%

 Very good

1179

36.3%

 Good

945

29.1%

 Fair

368

11.3%

 Poor

62

1.9%

  1. a29 Missing observations
  2. b31 Missing observations
  3. c20 Missing observations
  4. d40 Missing observations