Table 1.
Participant characteristics by racial/ethnic group
| Missing Data | NHW (N=145) | NA (N=137) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Variable | N | M | SD | M | SD | t |
| Age (years) | 0 | 28.50 | 13.48 | 31.28 | 13.26 | 2.79 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 7 | 24.25 | 3.80 | 26.05 | 4.60 | 1.80 |
| Categorical Variable | N | % | N | % | Χ2 | |
| Sex (female) | 0 | 68 | 46 | 87 | 63 | 7.85 |
| Education | 2 | 4.74 | ||||
| <7th grade | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| <High school | 2 | 0.7 | 7 | 2.5 | ||
| High school grad | 20 | 7.1 | 23 | 8.2 | ||
| Partial college | 75 | 26.8 | 59 | 21.1 | ||
| College grad | 36 | 69.2 | 37 | 13.2 | ||
| Graduate/professional school | 10 | 3.6 | 9 | 3.2 | ||
| Marital Status | 2 | 8.72 | ||||
| Single | 108 | 38.6 | 82 | 29.3 | ||
| Married | 23 | 8.2 | 29 | 10.4 | ||
| Separated/Divorced | 11 | 3.9 | 14 | 5.0 | ||
| Cohabitating | 2 | 0.7 | 9 | 3.2 | ||
| Widowed | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Employment | 5 | 3.47 | ||||
| >40 hours / week | 30 | 10.8 | 39 | 14.1 | ||
| <40 hours / week | 65 | 23.5 | 50 | 18.1 | ||
| Retired | 5 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.1 | ||
| Unemployed | 42 | 15.2 | 43 | 15.5 | ||
| Income | 9 | 6.76 | ||||
| <$9,999 | 55 | 20.1 | 36 | 13.2 | ||
| $10,000-$14,999 | 16 | 5.9 | 15 | 5.5 | ||
| $15,000-$24,999 | 16 | 5.9 | 19 | 7.0 | ||
| $25,000-$34,999 | 12 | 4.4 | 16 | 5.9 | ||
| $35,000-$49,999 | 13 | 4.8 | 20 | 7.3 | ||
| $50,000-$74,999 | 9 | 3.3 | 10 | 3.7 | ||
| $75,000-$99,999 | 8 | 2.9 | 6 | 2.2 | ||
| $100,000-$149,999 | 8 | 2.9 | 7 | 2.6 | ||
| $150,000-$199,999 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.7 | ||
| >$200,000 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
Note. Some variables had missing data, therefore not all counts sum to the total N. NA=Native American. NHW=non-Hispanic White. Bolded values are significant at α=.05.