Table 1.
Characteristics of Depressed Subsample
| |
All (n = 1577) |
U.S. white (n = 102) |
Immigrant black (n = 49) |
U.S. black (n = 802) |
Immigrant Latina (n = 598) |
U.S. Latina (n = 26) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/living with partner | 756 (47.9) | 46 (45.1) | 27 (55.1) | 249 (31.1)b | 424 (70.9)c | 10 (38.5) |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 248 (15.7) | 21 (20.6) | 6 (12.2) | 141 (17.6) | 75 (12.5)a | 5 (19.2) |
| Never married | 573 (36.3) | 35 (34.3) | 16 (32.7) | 412 (51.4)b | 99 (16.6)c | 11 (42.3) |
| Education level | ||||||
| Below high school | 564 (35.8) | 29 (28.4) | 9 (18.4) | 139 (17.3)b | 377 (63.3)c | 10 (38.5) |
| High school graduate | 589 (37.4) | 45 (44.1) | 10 (20.4)b | 388 (48.4) | 140 (23.4)c | 6 (23.1)a |
| Some college | 330 (21.0) | 22 (21.6) | 15 (30.6) | 234 (29.2) | 52 (8.7)c | 7 (26.9) |
| College graduate | 92 (5.8) | 6 (5.9) | 15 (30.6)c | 41 (5.1) | 27 (4.5) | 3 (11.5) |
| Insurance status | ||||||
| No insurance | 902 (57.3) | 52 (51.0) | 28 (57.1) | 289 (36.1)b | 522 (87.3)c | 11 (42.3) |
| Medical assistance | 338 (21.5) | 25 (24.5) | 9 (18.4) | 267 (33.4) | 30 (5.0)c | 7 (26.9) |
| Private insurance | 335 (21.3) | 25 (24.5) | 12 (24.5) | 244 (30.5) | 46 (7.7)c | 8 (30.8) |
| Not working full time | 1096 (69.5) | 87 (85.3) | 36 (73.5) | 519 (32.9)a | 439 (73.4)c | 15 (57.7)b |
| Age, mean ± SD | 28.9 ± 8.5 | 28.8 ± 9.1 | 31.6 ± 6.2a | 28.8 ± 9.0 | 29.1 ± 7.8 | 25.7 ± 5.5a |
| Years in the U.S.,d mean ± SD | 8.4 ± 7.8 | N/A | 11.6 ± 8.3 | N/A | 8.1 ± 7.7 | N/A |
| Number of children ± SD | 2.1 ± 1.4 | 1.8 ± 1.6 | 2.2 ± 1.4 | 2.1 ± 1.6 | 2.1 ± 1.3 | 2.0 ± 1.2 |
| Stigma-related concerns | 537 (34.1) | 27 (26.5) | 28 (57.1)c | 277 (34.5) | 200 (33.4) | 5 (19.2) |
| Somatization | 1053 (66.8) | 71 (69.6) | 37 (75.5) | 516 (64.3) | 412 (68.9) | 17 (65.4) |
| Perceived need | 863 (54.7) | 73 (71.6) | 22 (44.9)b | 419 (52.3)c | 334 (55.9)b | 15 (57.7) |
| Currently receiving mental health treatment | 129 (8.2) | 21 (20.8) | 1 (2.0)b | 77 (9.6)c | 26 (4.4)c | 4 (15.4) |
a
p < 0.001; bp < 0.01; cp < 0.05. Superscripts denote pairwise comparisons with white group using two-sided t test or chi-square analyses. dCategory for years in U.S. includes only immigrant groups.