Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Sample
| Study sample (N = 392) |
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|---|---|---|
| Age at the time of Hurricane Katrina, mean (SD) | 26.55 | (4.45) |
| Female, % [95% CI] | 95.9 | [94.0–97.9] |
| African American, % [95% CI] | 84.2 | [80.6–87.8] |
| Non–Hispanic white, % [95% CI] | 10.7 | [7.7–13.8] |
| Number of children, mean (SD) | 1.92 | (1.05) |
| Single (neither married nor cohabiting), % [95% CI] | 64.0 | [59.3–68.8] |
| Monthly individual earnings ($), mean (SD) | 651.7 | (686.2) |
| Monthly individual earnings ($), median | 600.0 | |
| Monthly family income ($), median | 1358.4 | |
| Received public assistancea, % [95% CI] | 64.3 | [59.6–69.0] |
| Owned working car, % [95% CI] | 72.9 | [68.6–77.4] |
a
Any time during the month prior to the survey.