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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 31.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2011 Jul;30(4):472–480. doi: 10.1037/a0024304

Table 1.

Socioeconomic Status and Psychosocial Resource Variables in the Full Sample and Stratified by Race/Ethnicity

Full sample
(N = 342)
Caucasians
(N = 293)
African Americans
(N = 49)
Socioeconomic Status
 Variables, n (%)
  Highest Parental Education
   <High School 110(32%) 97 (33%) 13 (26%)
   HS Diploma or GED 108 (32%) 86 (29%) 22 (45%)
   Some Postsecondary Training 124 (36%) 110 (37%) 14 (28%)
  Participant Education
   <High School 86 (25%) 71 (24%) 15 (31%)
   Some College or Technical Training 89 (26%) 71 (24%) 13 (37%)
   College Degree 77 (22%) 72 (24%) 5 (10%)
   < College Degree 90 (26%) 79 (27%) 11 (22%)
  Total Household Income
   <19,999 32 (9%) 20 (10%) 12 (25%)**
   20,000–34,999 72 (21%) 57 (20%) 15 (31%)
   35,000–50,000 84 (25%) 75 (26%) 9 (19%)
   <50,000 148 (44%) 136 (47%) 12 (25%)

Psychosocial Resource
 Variables, M (SD)
  Momentary
   Social Support 5.14 (1.50) 5.08 (1.46) 5.48 (1.67)
   Proportion of Social Interactions 61 (17.00) 60.9 (15.84) 61.14 (22.10)
  Questionnaires
   Interpersonal Support Evaluation List 137.57 (14.30) 137.81 (14.14) l36.18 (15.31)
   Social Network Index 6.61 (1.90) 6.57 (1.86) 6.86 (2.16)
   Coping
    Active 12.72 (2.47) 12.73 (2.39) 12.57 (2.95)
    Planning 13.29 (2.81) 13.33 (2.73) 13.06 (3.31)
    Emotion-focused 9.37 (2.92) 9.51 (2.92) 8.53 (2.84)*
*

p < .05.

**

p < .0001.