Characteristics of the sample of low education* women, weighted, 1992–2002
| 1992–93 | 1995–96 | 1998–99 | 2001–02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Low education category is women with education level “less than high school degree or GED”. †Measured as a percentage of the sample with 95% confidence interval reported in parnetheses below. | ||||
| Number | 228552 | 187141 | 176452 | 185568 |
| Race/ethnicity† | ||||
| White | 60.0 | 57.5 | 55.4 | 52.0 |
| (59.2,60.7) | (56.7,58.3) | (54.5,56.2) | (51.0,52.9) | |
| Black | 19.1 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.2 |
| (18.5,19.7) | (16.2,17.4) | (15.8,17.2) | (15.5,16.9) | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| (1.6,2.0) | (2.2,2.8) | (2.4,3.0) | (2.7,3.4) | |
| Hispanic | 18.4 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 27.5 |
| (17.8,19.0) | (21.2,22.6) | 23.5,25.1) | (26.6,28.4) | |
| Other | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| (0.7,0.9) | (1.2,1.6) | (1.0,1.4) | (1.1,1.5) | |
| Age groups† | ||||
| 18–24 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 18.2 |
| (13.8,14.6) | (17.3,18.5) | (17.4,18.8) | (17.4,19.0) | |
| 25+ | 85.8 | 82.2 | 81.9 | 81.8 |
| (85.4,86.3) | (81.5,82.8) | (81.2,82.6) | (81.0,82.7) | |
| Marital status† | ||||
| Married | 59.7 | 58.4 | 56.8 | 55.6 |
| (59.5,60.0) | (58.1,58.6) | (56.5,5.57.1) | (55.3,55.9) | |
| Widowed/divorced | 17.2 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 18.1 |
| (17.0,17.3) | (17.2,17.6) | (17.8,18.2) | (17.9,18.3) | |
| Separated | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| (2.7,2.8) | (2.7,2.9) | (2.5,2.7) | (2.4,2.5) | |
| Never married | 20.3 | 21.4 | 22.6 | 23.8 |
| (20.1,20.5) | (21.2, 21.6) | (22.4,22.9) | (23.6,24.1) | |
| Region† | ||||
| Northeast | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 18.2 |
| (18.1,19.1) | (17.9,19.1) | (18.2,19.5) | (17.5,18.9) | |
| Midwest | 20.8 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 18.6 |
| (20.2,21.4) | (19.4,20.7) | (18.8,20.2) | (17.9,19.3) | |
| South | 41.7 | 41.6 | 40.2 | 41.3 |
| (41.0,42.4) | (40.8,42.4) | (39.3,41.1) | (40.4,42.3) | |
| West | 19.0 | 19.8 | 21.5 | 21.9 |
| (18.4,19.6) | (19.1,20.5) | (20.7,22.2) | (21.1,22.7) | |