Table 2

Characteristics of urban and rural women participating in the US Women's Determinants Study

		Urban				Rural		χ²	(df, n)
		Number	%			Number	%	χ²	(df, n)
Overall sample	1096			1242
Geographical region						77.47^2-150	3, 2338
Northeast	38	3.5		31	2.5
Midwest^2-160	245	22.4		160	12.9
South^2-160	536	48.9		827	66.6
West	277	25.3		224	29.3
Race/ethnicity						658.22^2-150	3, 2338
White^2-160	362	33.0		237	19.1
African American^2-160	361	32.9		277	22.3
Hispanic^2-160	336	30.7		111	8.9
American Indian/Alaskan Native^2-160	37	3.4		617	49.7
Age (y)						6.99	3, 2338
40–49	430	39.2		486	39.1
50–59	281	25.6		329	26.5
60–69	208	19.0		269	21.7
70+	177	16.1		158	12.7
Education						67.43^2-150	3, 2333
< high school^2-160	228	20.9		394	31.8
High school graduate^2-160	312	28.5		416	33.5
Some college/technical	270	24.7		229	18.5
College graduate^2-160	283	25.9		201	16.2

↵2-150 p<0.001 for overall χ² analysis.
↵2-160 p<0.001 for urban-rural comparison (conducted only if χ² was significant).