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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2023 Mar 28;255:158–164. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.03.026

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Patients and Controls

Patients
(n=70)
Controls
(n=78)
Test statistic, df, p
Age, in years 31.0±9.4 33.6±9.4 t=1.69, df=146, p=0.05, d=0.28
Gender, male 51 (72.9%) 44 (56.4%) χ2=4.34, df=1, p=0.04
Ethnicity, non-Hispanic 66 (94.3%) 68 (87.2%) χ2=2.18, df=1, p=0.14
Race χ2=1.59, df=2, p=0.45
Black or African American 53 (75.7%) 53 (67.9%)
White or Caucasian 9 (12.9%) 16
Other 8 (11.4%) (20.5%) 9 (11.5%)
Marital Status χ2=2.04. df=2, p=0.36
Single and never married 61 (88.4%) 66 (84.6%)
Married or living with a partner 3 (4.3%) 8 (10.3%)
Separated, divorced, or widowed 5 (7.2%) 4 (5.1%)
Years of education completed 12.9±2.5 14.2±2.6 t=3.29, df=146, p<0.001, d=0.54
Who the participant lived with, past month χ2=10.77, df=4, p=0.03
Alone 16 (22.9%) 19 (24.4%)
With parent, sibling or other family 32 (45.7%) 32 (41.0%)
With boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/partner 3 (4.3%) 10
With friends or roommates 5 (7.1%) (12.8%)
Structured living arrangement or homeless 14 (20.0%) 12 (15.4%) 5 (6.4%)
Has children 14 (20.3%) 33 (42.3%) χ2=8.16, df=1, p=0.004
Had a job during the past month 23 (32.9%) 50 (64.1%) χ2=14.41, df=1, p<0.001