Table 1: Summary Statistics of variables

Variable	Category of Variable or Unit	Frequency (n)	Mean	Standard Deviations
General Health		4,979	2.82	1.13
	Excellent	645
	Very Good	1,377
	Good	1,638
	Fair	891
	Poor	428
Physical Health	Days Not Good	4,843	5.41	9.64
Mental Health	Days Not Good	4,870	4.14	8.48
Health Coverage		4,987	0.91	0.28
	Yes	4,554
	No	433
Last Checkup	Within # of years	4,914	1.35	0.82
	Within past year	3,922
	Within past 2 years	436
	Within past 3 years	248
	3 or more years ago	272
Exercise (Within last month)		4,987	0.68	0.47
	Yes	3,393
	No	1,594
(Ever told) Had a Heart Attack		4,961	0.07	0.26
	Yes	370
	No	4,591
(Ever told) Have Diabetes		4,886	0.19	0.39
	Yes	926
	No	3,960
Sex		4,999	1.62	0.48
	Male	1,875
	Female	3,124
Marital Status		4,979	0.50	0.50
	Not Married	2,485
	Married	2,494
Education		4,987	4.70	1.05
	Never attended or Kindergarten only	2
	Grades 1 through 8	133
	Grades 9 through 11	421
	Grade 12 or GED	1,623
	College 1 to 3 years (Some college or technical school)	1,434
	College 4 years or more (College graduate)	1,374
Income		3,931	5.34	2.28
	Less than $10,000	291
	$10,000 to less than $15,000	300
	$15,000 to less than $20,000	381
	$20,000 to less than $25,000	428
	$25,000 to less than $35,000	445
	$35,000 to less than $50,000	530
	$50,000 to less than $75,000	601
	$75,000 or more	955
Smoking		2,148	0.53	0.71
	Every Day	611
	Some Days	268
	Not at All	1,269
Alcohol Consumption	# of days in past 30 days had an alcoholic beverage	4,277	2.29	6.15
Age	Years	4,954	7.83	3.42
	18 to 24	264
	25 to 29	213
	30 to 34	268
	35 to 39	249
	40 to 44	291
	45 to 49	312
	50 to 54	458
	55 to 59	507
	60 to 64	554
	65 to 69	627
	70 to 74	463
	75 to 79	368
	80 or older	380
BMI Category		4,647	3.05	0.83
	Underweight	72
	Normal	1,280
	Overweight	1,648
	Obese	1,647
Table 1: Summary statistics of all variables for model building process. Includes frequency, mean, and standard deviation for each variable, as well as frequency for each subcategory within corresponding variables.

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