Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Respondents (n=2414)
| Total n (%) | African American n (%) | Hispanic n (%) | White n (%) | DF | Chi-square | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race/ethnicity | 649 (26.9) | 1042 (43.2) | 723 (29.9) | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 1469 (61.2) | 541 (84.0) | 472 (45.4) | 456 (63.6) | |||
| Living together | 487 (20.3) | 59 (9.2) | 288 (27.7) | 140 (19.5) | |||
| Married | 329 (13.7) | 28 (4.3) | 218 (21.0) | 83 (11.6) | |||
| Separated/ widowed/divorced | 115 (4.8) | 16 (2.5) | 61 (5.9) | 38 (5.3) | 6 | 259.09 | <0.001 |
| Household income | |||||||
| <$15,000 | 1253 (51.9) | 392 (60.4) | 520 (49.9) | 341 (47.1) | |||
| $15,000–$29,999 | 573 (23.7) | 129 (19.9) | 257 (24.7) | 124 (11.9) | |||
| >$29,999 | 330 (13.7) | 71 (10.9) | 124 (11.9) | 135 (18.7) | |||
| Missing | 258 (10.7) | 57 (8.8) | 141 (13.5) | 60 (8.3) | 6 | 51.9 | <0.001 |
| Education | |||||||
| <High school | 899 (37.7) | 211 (32.5) | 451 (44.6) | 237 (32.8) | |||
| High school | 774 (32.5) | 210 (32.4) | 338 (33.4) | 226 (31.3) | |||
| College | 710 (29.8) | 228 (35.1) | 223 (22.0) | 259 (35.9) | 4 | 58.0 | <0.001 |
| Work status | |||||||
| None | 1311 (54.5) | 329 (50.8) | 636 (61.5) | 346 (47.9) | |||
| Part-time | 538 (22.4) | 161 (24.9) | 191 (18.4) | 186 (25.8) | |||
| Full-time | 453 (18.8) | 128 (19.8) | 171 (16.5) | 154 (21.3) | |||
| Overtime | 102 (4.3) | 29 (4.5) | 37 (3.6) | 36 (5.0) | 6 | 36.85 | <0.001 |
| Intimate partner violence | |||||||
| Reported no incidents | 1315 (67.9) | 329 (70.0) | 599 (68.9) | 387 (64.7) | |||
| Reported≥1 incidents | 622 (32.1) | 141 (30.0) | 270 (31.1) | 211 (35.3) | 2 | 4.15 | 0.13 |
| PTSD symptoms | |||||||
| 0 | 1891 (78.8) | 536 (82.8) | 844 (81.5) | 511 (71.3) | |||
| ≥1 | 509 (21.2) | 111 (17.2) | 192 (18.5) | 206 (28.7) | 2 | 35.08 | <0.001 |
| Depression status | |||||||
| <4 symptoms | 1836 (76.1) | 506 (78.0) | 814 (78.1) | 516 (71.4) | |||
| ≥4 symptoms | 578 (23.9) | 143 (22.0) | 228 (21.9) | 207 (28.6) | 2 | 12.46 | 0.002 |
DF, degrees of freedom; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.