The majority of subjects (57.3%) were never married, 27.5% were widowed, separated, or divorced, and 15.2% were married at the time of the interview. The self-reported ethnic/racial distribution of the sample was 46.6% African-American (AA), 35.4% European-American (EA), 9.4% Hispanic, and 8.6% Native American, Pacific Islander or members of other minority groups. With respect to the level of education, 5.4% completed grade school only; 34.8% had some high school, but no diploma; 27.9% had completed high school; and 31.9% received education beyond high school.
