Table 1.

Family Composition by Type of Household (N = 35,055)

Family CompositionSingle-Family HouseholdsMultiple-Family Households
PCS-12 = physicial component summary scale of the SF-12; MCS-12 = mental component summary scale of the SF-12.
* In thousands of dollars rounded to the nearest thousand.
Married, no kids, No.11,9052,520
    Mean age, y (SD), range55.1 (15.5), 18–9154.7 (12.1), 18–91
    Mean highest educational level, y (SD), range13.5 (2.6), 6–1912.8 (2.7) 6–19
    Female, % (SD), range5050
    Mean family income, $* (SD), range50.0 (35.0), 0 to >15147.0 (36), 0 to >151
    Insurance, %
        None5.39.9
        Public32.924.8
        Private61.965.2
    Mean PCS-12 score (SD), range48.2 (10.6), 10–6747.0 (11.0), 11–67
    Mean MCS-12 score (SD), range53.9 (8.5), 12–7253.0 (9.2), 12–71
Married with kids, No.15,2051,978
    Mean age, y (SD), range36.8 (9.2), 18–8439.3 (11.9), 18–76
    Mean highest educational level, y (SD), range13.8 (2.5), 6–1912.9 ( 2.6), 6–19
    Female, %5050
    Mean family income, $* (SD), range59.0 (35.0), 0 to >15153.0 (38), 0 to >151
    Insurance, %
        None9.316.8
        Public3.35.5
        Private87.577.7
    Mean PCS-12 score (SD), range51.9 (7.9), 11–6950.4 (9.2), 11–68
    Mean MCS-12 score (SD), range52.5 (8.3), 9–7152.0 (9.6), 11–70
Single with kids, No.2,2051,242
    Mean age, y (SD), range33.3 (9.9), 18–7632.4 (9.6), 18–72
    Mean highest educational level, y (SD), range13.1 (2.2), 6–1912.7 (2.1), 6–19
    Female, %80.077
    Mean family income, $* (SD), range28.0 (26.0), 0 to >15123.0 (24), 0 to >151
    Insurance, %
        None17.525.4
        Public21.020.2
        Private61.554.4
    Mean PCS-12 score (SD), range50.2 (9.7), 11–6850.3 (8.9), 14–66
    Mean MCS-12 score (SD), range49.0 (11.1), 9–7049.8 (10.7), 12–68