The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome in Georgia: direct and indirect costs

Table 1 Characteristics of Study Population by CFS-related Health Status Classification^a

Sample	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Unweighted Number of Individuals	500	112	264	124
Estimated prevalence in sampled population (%)	100	4.9	52.1	43.0
Sex	Weighted Column Percent
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Female	44.5	56.5	47.9	39.1
Male	55.5	43.5	52.2	60.9
Race	Weighted Column Percent
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
White, Non-Hispanic	65.4	65.2	55.8*	77.1
Black, Non-Hispanic	27.8	24.6	33.5*	21.2
Other	6.8	10.3	10.7*	1.7
Age Group	Weighted Column Percent
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
18 to 29	38.0	11.3	43.6	34.3
30 to 39	23.9	26.6	19.9	28.4
40 to 49	18.2	28.6	19.9	15.0
50 to 59	19.9	33.6	16.6	22.3
Age	Weighted Years
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Mean	35.8	43.0**	34.6	36.4
Standard Deviation	12.58	5.15	12.8	15.9
Marital Status	Weighted Column Percent
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Married	54.1	62.5	55.2	51.8
Not Married	45.9	37.5	44.8	48.2
Education	Weighted Column Percent
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
College degree or higher	31.0	26.8	31.3	31.2
Less than a college degree	69.0	73.2	68.7	68.8
Local Market Conditions (Sampling Stratum)
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Metro	19.6	20.3	18.9	20.4
Urban	32.6	29.4	44.8	18.2
Rural	47.8	50.4	36.3	61.5
Health Insurance	Weighted Column Percent
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Any Private	74.6	77.2	66.7	85.5
Public Only	4.5	8.6	1.4	8.2
None	20.9	14.2	31.9	6.3
Employment/Earnings	Weighted Percent and Weighted Means
	ALL	CFS	ISF	NF
Employment Status: % Who Worked at all in last 4 weeks	78	71	65	95
Annual Earnings†	$28,188	$23,076	$23,856	$33,888

^a All 500 participants reported gender, race, age, and stratum, 463 reported health insurance status.* ISF different than NF (2-sided T-test, alpha = 0.05), ** CFS different than non-CFS (ISF+NF) (2-sided T-test, alpha = 0.05). All estimates weighted to reflect sampling probabilities. †Computed by multiplying reported 4-week earnings by 13.

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