. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Child Adolesc Social Work J. 2010 Apr 1;27(2):115–131. doi: 10.1007/s10560-010-0194-9

Table 1.

Concurrent Associations among Racial/Ethnic Groups and Depression

	Gender Differences (Mean & SD)				Post-Hoc Comparisons (Mean differences & SE) by Race

	White (n= 2952)	Black (n= 1137)	Hispanic (n= 553)	Asian (n= 118)	W vs. B	W vs. H	W vs. A	B vs. H	B vs. A	H vs. A
T1 CES-D
Boys	10.71 (6.60)	11.85 (7.33)	12.23 (6.50)	13.43 (7.07)	−1.16^*** (.26)	−2.12^*** (.34)	−3.04^*** (.56)	−.96 (.38)	−1.88^** (.58)	−.92 (.63)
Girls	12.38 (7.71)	13.50 (8.50)	15.08 (8.14)	15.77 (7.24)
t-value	−6.30^***	−3.49^***	−4.53^***	−2.24^*

T2 CES-D
Boys	10.45 (6.79)	11.82 (6.89)	12.61 (6.41)	12.82 (5.63)	−1.03^*** (.26)	−2.44^*** (.35)	−2.73^*** (.56)	−1.40^** (.39)	−1.70^* (.59)	−.29 (.63)
Girls	12.60(7.95)	13.29 (8.09)	15.34 (8.56)	15.76 (8.72)
t-value	−7.88^***	−3.27^**	−4.22^***	−2.74^**

Note. A higher score indicates more severe depression. T1: Time 1. T2: Time 2. W: White. B: Black. H: Hispanic. A: Asian.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.