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The Role of Education in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Allostatic Load Differentials in the United States

In the article, “The Role of Education in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Allostatic Load Differentials in the United States” by Jeffrey T. Howard and P. Johnelle Sparks, which appeared in Biodemography and Social Biology, Volume 61, Number 1, pp. 18–39, the following error occurred:

On pp. 24–25, Table 2 included errors in the N reported for Non-Hispanic black and Non-Hispanic white. The correct version of the table appears here.

Table 2 Weighted descriptive statistics by race/ethnicity

			Race/Ethnicity
	Total (n = 6,990)		Mexican American (n = 1,465)		Non-Hispanic black (n = 1,486)		Non-Hispanic white (n = 4,039)
Variable	Mean or %	SE	Mean or %	SE	Mean or %	SE	Mean or %	SE
Outcome
Allostatic load score***	1.76	0.029	1.89	0.058	1.98	0.048	1.71	0.037
Demographic and socioeconomic
Age***	49.82	0.328	42.80	0.522	47.02	0.411	50.99	0.386
Age group***
25–40 years	32.17	0.895	52.04	1.750	37.26	1.159	29.27	1.043
41–60 years	42.50	0.825	35.81	1.381	43.95	1.218	42.99	0.988
61 years and older	25.33	0.844	12.15	1.063	18.79	0.994	27.74	1.004
Sex***
Male	47.99	0.556	54.84	1.329	44.27	1.177	47.83	0.698
Female	52.01	0.556	45.16	1.329	55.73	1.177	52.17	0.698
Nativity***
U.S. born	95.10	0.623	71.24	2.704	95.94	1.079	97.52	0.570
Foreign born	4.90	0.623	28.76	2.704	4.06	1.079	2.48	0.570
Marital status***
Married	61.67	0.927	63.43	1.669	38.40	1.963	65.03	1.042
Divorced/separated/widowed	20.33	0.613	16.69	1.286	28.03	1.199	19.55	0.761
Never married	10.98	0.670	11.41	1.205	23.01	1.248	9.11	0.704
Cohabiting	6.90	0.524	8.47	1.003	10.52	1.035	6.18	0.645
DK/refused	0.12	0.064	0.00	0.000	0.04	0.042	0.14	0.080
Family income***
Less than $20,000	8.82	0.551	14.19	2.564	14.59	1.146	7.36	0.832
$20,000–$64,999	74.07	1.253	76.62	2.703	74.53	2.053	73.72	1.641
$65,000 or more	16.15	1.012	7.03	1.201	9.65	1.391	18.11	1.246
DK/refused	0.97	0.014	2.16	0.597	1.23	0.311	0.80	0.154
Education***
Less than high school diploma	17.68	0.814	52.60	1.422	25.29	1.615	12.79	1.032
High school diploma	25.37	0.815	19.79	1.143	25.84	1.269	25.89	0.986
Some college	29.48	0.750	19.41	1.380	31.78	1.206	30.21	0.927
College degree	27.39	1.161	8.03	1.017	16.93	1.274	31.05	1.519
DK/refused Health behaviors	0.08	0.038	0.17	0.077	0.16	0.095	0.06	0.045
Smoking***
Nonsmoker	50.52	1.022	61.53	2.103	58.52	1.599	48.13	1.178
Current smoker	21.93	0.860	17.15	1.428	25.18	1.464	21.95	0.978
Former smoker	27.49	0.910	21.17	1.237	16.11	0.852	29.90	1.047
DK/refused	0.06	0.027	0.16	0.130	0.19	0.100	0.03	0.027

Notes: *p < .05; ^**p < .01; ^***p < .001.

¹Categorical variables tested using Rao-Scott χ ² test.

²Continuous variables tested using F test.

³All figures and statistical tests were adjusted for complex survey design using SDMVPSU, SDMVSTRA, and WTSAF8YR variables.