Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the sample

Demographic characteristic	N1	Demographic subcategory	n (unweighted)	Percentage (unweighted)	n (weighted)	Percentage (weighted)	95% CI
Age-group	2,618	Age 18–24	1072	41.0	225	8.6	[5.2,13.8]
Gender	2,618	Female	1490	56.9	1670	36.2	[34.3,38.2]
Race	2,618	Black	1122	42.9	1559	59.5	[31.5,82.5]
		Colored	1411	53.9	1024	39.1	[17.0,66.8]
		White	69	2.6	34	1.31	[0.2,10.2]
		Indian	16	0.6	1	0.06	[0.02,0.1]
Marital status	2,615	Married	935	35.8	1154	44.5	[40.3,48.9]
Has children?	2,611	Has children	1717	65.8	2143	82.7	[77.8,86.7]
Employment status	2,611	Employed	998	38.2	766	29.5	[19.4,42.2]
Education status	2,611	None/elementary only	665	25.5	966	37.3	[29.4,45.9]
		Some high school	1,543	59.1	1,374	53.0	[46.4,59.6]
		Graduated high school	403	15.4	251	9.7	[7.5,12.4]
SES	2,610	0	82	3.1	71	2.7	[1.4,5.3]
		1	190	7.3	217	8.4	[5.67,12.2]
		2	349	13.4	294	11.3	[7.8,16.2]
		3	1,989	76.2	2,010	77.6	[69.2,84.2]
Head of household’s employment status	2,608	Employed	1,449	55.6	1,144	44.4	[31.3,58.0]
Religious involvement status	2,618	Involved	1,471	56.2	1,272	48.6	[34.00,63.4]
Stressors	2,618	0–5	1,578	60.3	1,615	61.7	[57.2,66.0]
		6–10	666	25.4	677	25.9	[21.7,30.6]
		>10	374	14.3	326	12.5	[10.0,15.4]
Depression and anxiety status	2,591	Depressed or anxious	1,734	66.9	1,645	64.6	[57.5,71.1]

¹Ns vary from 2,603 to 2,618 because of missing data.