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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2006 Dec 12;64(6):1178–1191. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.038

Table 1.

Weighted Means and Standard Deviations for Independent and Dependent Variables

OVERALL
MEN
WOMEN
n= 1382
n= 733 (53%)
n= 648 (47%)
n (observations) Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D. χ2 p
Sociodemographics
 Age 43.17 12.48 42.69 12.40 43.70 12.55 -
 Income
  < $30,000 .21 - .19 - .23 -
  $30,001 to $70,000 .47 - .45 - .49 -
  > $70,000 .32 - .36 - .29 - 7.63 *
 Race
  Whites .22 - .77 - .78 -
  Non-Whites .78 - .23 - .22 -
 Education
  High school graduate or lower .38 - .41 - .36 -
  Some college, Associate or Certificate .30 - .26 - .34 -
  Bachelor degree .19 - .20 - .18 -
  Some graduate work, Master's degree or higher .13 - .13 - .13 - 10.32 *
Services Utilization
 Overall
  W1 .67 - .64 - .69 - 4.10 *
  W2 .18 - .15 - .21 - 10.83 ***
 Mental Health
  W1 .07 - .05 - .10 - 11.82 ***
  W2 .06 - .04 - .08 - 7.52 **
 Health
  W1 .61 - .58 - .64 - 6.14 *
  W2 .12 - .09 - .15 - 9.02 **
 Legal
  W1 .11 - .10 - .13 - 2.47
  W2 .01 - .004 - .02 - 5.67 *
 Spiritual
  W1 .07 - .06 - .08 - 3.21
  W2 .03 - .04 - .03 - .55
 Work-Related
  W1 .03 - .04 - .03 - 2.41
  W2 .02 - .01 - .03 - 5.01 *
Life Stressors
 W1 1.50 1.59 1.41 1.51 1.62 1.68 - *
 W2 1.39 1.44 1.32 1.43 1.47 1.44 -
Job Stressors
 Job Pressure
  W1 6.30 3.10 6.29 3.02 6.30 3.18 -
  W2 6.15 3.16 6.02 3.18 6.29 3.13 -
 Job Threat
  W1 3.99 3.72 3.81 3.54 4.19 3.91 -
  W2 3.56 3.60 3.43 3.45 3.70 3.76 -
Patterns of SH
 None .55 - .56 - .54 -
 Chronic .19 - .18 - .20 -
 Remission .15 - .14 - .17 -
 Onset .11 - .13 - .09 - 8.76 *
Patterns of GWH
 None .45 - .44 - .47 -
 Chronic .27 - .27 - .26 -
 Remission .16 - .17 - .13 -
 Onset .13 - .12 - .14 - 5.55

Note: Means for categorical variables represent proportion in that category; S.D. = standard deviation; χ2 = chi-square statistic;

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001