Table 1.
Sociodemographic and mental health correlates of foreclosure (n = 1054) in the Detroit Neighborhoods and Health Study (DHNS), 2008–2011
| Sample characteristics |
Prevalence of foreclosureb |
Unadjusted associationc |
Adjusted associationd |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%)a | % | (s.e.) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| <52 | 478 | (65.0) | 2.1 | (0.7) | 3.2* | (1.2–8.3) | 4.5* | (1.4–14.7) |
| ≥52 | 576 | (35.0) | 0.4 | (0.1) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 426 | (47.2) | 2.9 | (1.2) | 1.4 | (0.4–4.6) | 2.2 | (0.7–7.2) |
| Female | 628 | (52.8) | 2.1 | (0.9) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 281 | (28.9) | 3.3 | (1.6) | 1.4 | (0.3–5.7) | 2.8 | (0.8–10.1) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 413 | (26.2) | 1.7 | (0.6) | 0.7 | (0.2–2.5) | 1.0 | (0.3–3.1) |
| Never married | 360 | (44.9) | 2.4 | (1.3) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 116 | (8.0) | 0.4 | (0.4) | 0.1* | (0.0–0.9) | 0.2 | (0.0–1.4) |
| Black | 897 | (87.6) | 2.8 | (0.9) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Education | ||||||||
| <12 years | 133 | (15.3) | 2.7 | (2.0) | 0.7 | (0.1–3.4) | 0.4 | (0.1–2.3) |
| High school diploma/GED | 301 | (42.9) | 0.8 | (0.7) | 0.2 | (0.0–1.3) | 0.1* | (0.0–0.5) |
| Some college | 620 | (41.8) | 4.1 | (1.4) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Household income | ||||||||
| <US$35000/year | 556 | (55.3) | 3.3 | (1.2) | 2.0* | (0.6–6.9) | 3.8* | (1.2–11.5) |
| ≥US$35000/year | 428 | (44.7) | 1.7 | (0.9) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Employment | ||||||||
| Unemployed and seeking employment | 168 | (25.9) | 2.2 | (1.3) | 0.8 | (0.2–3.4) | 0.7 | (0.2–2.8) |
| All others | 886 | (74.1) | 2.6 | (0.9) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Lifetime depression wave 1 | ||||||||
| Present | 188 | (18.5) | 0.7 | (0.5) | 0.2 | (0.1–1.0) | 0.2 | (0.0–1.1) |
| Absent | 863 | (81.5) | 2.9 | (0.9) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Lifetime GAD wave 1 | ||||||||
| Present | 51 | (5.2) | 0.2 | (0.2) | 0.1* | (0.0–0.7) | 0.1 | (0.0–1.0) |
| Absent | 1000 | (94.8) | 2.6 | (0.8) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Lifetime PTSD wave 1 | ||||||||
| Present | 146 | (13.8) | 5.0 | (3.4) | 2.5 | (0.5–11.5) | 6.2* | (1.1–35.4) |
| Absent | 908 | (86.2) | 2.1 | (0.7) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – |
GED, General Educational Development; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; s.e., standard error; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
Weighted prevalence estimates. See Method section for details.
Weighted prevalence of foreclosure.
Association between foreclosure and each sociodemographic and mental health characteristic based on a univariate logistic regression model.
Association between foreclosure and each sociodemographic and mental health characteristic based on a logistic regression model adjusting for all covariates simultaneously.
Significant at the 0.05 level, two-sided test.