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. 2012 Aug 24;90(1):147–156. doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9753-z

Table 1.

Demographic data stratified by depression (CES-D cutpoint of 16)

Variable CES-D ≥ 16 CES-D < 16 Overall % p value
N (%) N (%)
Gender
 Male 66 (20)a 100 (29.41) 24.70b
 Female 264 (80) 240 (70.59) 75.30 0.005
Education
 High school or less 291 (88.72) 286 (84.12) 86.27
 Some college or college degree 37 (11.28) 54 (15.88) 13.73 0.083
Homelessness
 Yes 69 (20.91) 35 (10.29) 15.48
 No 261 (79.09) 305 (89.71) 84.52 0.000
Main sexual partner
 Yes 235 (72.76) 248 (75.38) 74.08
 No 88 (27.24) 81 (24.62) 25.92 0.444
Drug stigma
 High 90 (58.06) 27 (29.35) 47.37
 Low 65 (41.94) 65 (70.65) 52.63 0.000
Crack use
 Never 92 (27.88) 128 (37.65) 32.89
 Former 116 (35.15) 135 (39.71) 37.50
 Current 122 (36.97) 77 (22.65) 29.61 0.000
Cocaine use
 Never 166 (50.46) 169 (49.71) 49.93
 Former 129 (39.21) 156 (45.88) 42.77
 Current 34 (10.33) 15 (4.41) 7.30 0.008
Heroin use
 Never 109 (33.03) 133 (39.12) 36.16
 Former 132 (40.00) 160 (47.06) 43.60
 Current 89 (26.97) 47 (13.82) 20.24 0.000
Mean (SE) Mean (SE) Mean (SE)
Age 44.07 (0.47) 43.97 (0.47) 44.04 (0.33) 0.001
Size of drug network 0.78 (0.07) 0.42 (0.06) 0.60 (0.05) 0.0001
Size of social support network 3.34 (0.12) 3.42 (0.10) 3.38 (0.08) 0.630
Size of family network 2.91 (0.13) 2.94 (0.12) 2.93 (0.09) 0.787

aNumber of subjects in that category and percentage between brackets for categorical variables,

bOverall frequency for categorical variables