Table 2.
Distribution of Depression Rates by Key Covariates (N=1856)
| Weighted Percent
Depressed |
|
|---|---|
| Total | 15 |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| White non-Hispanic | 18 |
| Hispanic | 14 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 20 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 7 |
| Chi-Squared (3) | 14.28* |
| Immigration Status | |
| Documented Immigrant | 14 |
| Undocumented Immigrant | 12 |
| Non Immigrant | 16 |
| Chi-Squared (2) | 3.09 |
| Log Income | |
| Lower 50% | 15 |
| Top 50% | 14 |
| Chi-Squared (1) | 0.98 |
| Log Assets | |
| Lower 50% | 17 |
| Top 50% | 12 |
| Chi-Squared (1) | 4.40* |
| Marital Status | |
| Married | 12 |
| Cohabitating | 16 |
| Single | 19 |
| Chi-Squared (2) | 6.95* |
| Education | |
| Less than College Degree | 16 |
| College Degree | 8 |
| Chi-Squared (1) | 13.32*** |
| Weight | |
| Normal or Underweight | 13 |
| Overweight or Obese | 16 |
| Chi-Squared (1) | 5.07* |
| Child Age Composition | |
| At least one infant | 17 |
| At least one preadolescent child/no | 13 |
| infants | |
| Only Adolescents | 22 |
| Chi-Squared (2) | 7.03* |
Notes:
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p<.001