Table 5.

CES-D Scale Scores for Original 20-item Scale by Race alone and By Race, Medicaid Status, Education, Age and Living Arrangements

	Total Study Sample (N=2753)		Matched Analysis Sample (N=750)
	Dependent Variable: CES-D scores
Independent Variable:
	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value
Intercept	12.36	<0.01	16.43	<0.01
Race (1=black, 0=white)	5.09	<0.01	0.05	>0.94
	Dependent Variable: CES-D scores
Independent Variables:
	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value
Race (1=black, 0=white)	0.80	>0.09	0.05	>0.94
Medicaid Status (1=yes, 0=no)	2.28	<0.01	2.46	<0.02
Education (schooling in years)	−0.62	<0.01	−0.49	>0.07
Age (in years)	0.04	>0.30	0.18	>0.07
Living Arrangement (lives with spouse*)
Lives with partner	3.44	<0.01	3.77	<0.01
Lives alone	5.31	<0.01	4.64	<0.01

^*Reference category for living arrangement