TABLE 1. Sample Characteristics

Race (% of unweighted cases)

Survey dates

Sample size (response rate)

Gender (% of unweighted cases)

White

African American

American Indian

Othera


July–August 1995
    Oklahoma City 1,010 (46%) 43 male 85.0 7.1 2.2 5.7
    Indianapolis 750 (46%) 46 male 88.5 9.2 0.5 1.8
September–November 1996
    Oklahoma City 1,020 (40%) 39.6 male 84.5 9.6 3.2 2.7
    Indianapolis 402 (37%) 47.5 male 89.8 6.7 0.5 3.0
October–December 1998
    Oklahoma City 1,022 (35%) 44.3 male 87.2 6.5 3.6 2.7
    Indianapolis 400 (35%) 43.5 male 89.3 7.8 0.8 2.1
March–April 2002
    Oklahoma City 508 (34%) 61.0 male 89.2 (10.8 non-White and 3.1 Hispanic)
    Rest of the nation

2,011 (66%)

47.1 male

81.0

(19.0 non-White and 6.7 Hispanic)





a Includes other minorities and those who did not report race.