Table 1.
Distribution of demographic and occupational variables among direct care workers at nursing homes (n=237).
| Sample (n=237, 100%) |
Non-Hispanic White (n=110, 46.2%) |
Non-Hispanic Black (n=127, 53.8%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job Strain | 70 (29.6%) | 9 (8.3%) | 61 (48.1%) | <.0001 |
| Immigrant | 129 (54.4%) | 6 (5.5%) | 123 (96.8%) | <.0001 |
| Caribbean | 72 (30.3%) | 0 (0%) | 72 (100%) | |
| African | 57 (24.1%) | 6 (10.5%) | 51 (89.5%) | |
| Language of the Survey | <.0001 | |||
| English | 211 (89%) | 110 (100%) | 101 (79.5%) | |
| Haitian Creole | 21 (8.86%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (16.5%) | |
| Age Mean (SD) | 40.9 (11.3) | 42.6 (12.2) | 39.4 (10.4) | <.0001 |
| Female (%) | 217 (91.6%) | 103 (93.6%) | 114 (89.8%) | 0.2848 |
| Married or living with partner | 141 (59.3%) | 63 (57.3%) | 78 (61.4%) | 0.5169 |
| Education lower than high school | 93 (39.2%) | 20 (18.2%) | 73 (57.5%) | <.0001 |
| Job type | <.0001 | |||
| RN/LPN | 82 (34.6%) | 65 (59.1%) | 17 (13.4%) | |
| CNA | 155 (65.4%) | 45 (40.9%) | 110 (86.6%) | |
| Total Weekly hours Mean (SD) | 40.6 (11.3) | 36.9 (8.9) | 43.7 (12.2) | <.0001 |
| Job Duration (in years) Mean (SD) | 4.2 (4.1) | 4.4 (4.3) | 3.9 (3.9) | <.0001 |
| Hourly Salary Mean (SD) | 17.2 (7.6) | 21.8(7.9) | 13.3 (4.8) | <.0001 |