Demographic Variables

Age is measured as the respondent's age categorized as an ordinal measure with four levels: 18-27 (coded 1), 28-37, 38-53, and 54 (coded 4) or older. Gender was coded as 1 = male, and 0 = female. Education was coded as an ordinal measure: less than high school (coded 1), high school graduate, some college, and college graduate (coded 4). Labor Force Status was coded as 1 = employed full or part-time, and 0 = not working. Household Income was coded in five categories: less than $25K (coded 1), $25K-less than $35K, $35K-less than $45K, $45K-less than $55K, and $55K or more (coded 5). Respondents were classified as living in rural, suburban, or urban areas. Two dummy variables were created to measure living in urban (1 = urban, 0 = all others), and suburban (1 = suburban, 0 = all others) areas. Similarly, respondents were classified as residing in high, medium, or low black population density areas.