STICS: Comparisons of Demographic Makeup

Comparisons of Demographic Makeup

When analyzing a sample of the population, it is often helpful to know how the makeup of the sample as compared to whatever population one is working with. With this information one can weight the sample for use in analysis or perform a simple comparison. A report published in 1991 by NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service collected data on recreational shellfishing in the United States as an Addendum to the 1985 National Survey of Fishing Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The table below shows the demographic breakout of Shellfishermen in comparison to the U.S. demographic characteristics.

Comparison of Shellfishermen with the General Population
Demographic Characteristics	Total U.S. Population (000's)		Shellfishermen (000's)
Demographic Characteristics	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Total	247,051	100	3,896.2	100
Race
White	199,041	81	3,535.7	91
Other	48,011	19	360.5	9
Sex
Male	120,318	49	2,496.9	64
Female	126,733	51	1,399.3	36
Education
Less than 12th Grade	39159	28	585.7	15
High School Graduate	47346	34	1344.5	35
1-3 Years College	19419	14	849.2	22
4+ Years College	32073	23	1116.8	29
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1991). Addendum to 1985 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of the Interior. Rockville, MD

Although the figures in this table are for the United States in whole, the same sort of comparison can be done for any geographic aggregation available on this web site.

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