Table 1.
Frequency and percent of respondent characteristics across financial hardship and self-rated health categories
| Financial Hardship§ | Self-rated Health§ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %† | yes | no | Excellent/Very Good/Good | Fair/poor | p-value Self-Rated Health* | p-value Financial HardshipI | |
| Financial hardship | p<.001 | |||||||
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Gender | p=.02 | p=.10 | ||||||
| Female | 659 | 80% | 262 (40%) | 385 (60%) | 417 (63%) | 242 (37%) | ||
| Male | 169 | 20% | 56 (34%) | 111 (66%) | 123 (73%) | 46 (27%) | ||
| Race | p=.08 | p<.001 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic, White | 93 | 11% | 26 (28%) | 67 (72%) | 58 (62%) | 35 (38%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic, Blacks | 316 | 38% | 169 (54%) | 143 (46%) | 211 (67%) | 105 (33%) | ||
| Hispanic | 341 | 41% | 98 (30%) | 233 (70%) | 211 (62%) | 130 (38%) | ||
| Other | 74 | 9% | 25 (34%) | 49 (66%) | 57 (77%) | 17 (23%) | ||
| Age | p<.001 | p<.01 | ||||||
| 18-29 yrs | 153 | 19% | 41 (28%) | 108 (72%) | 126 (82%) | 27 (18%) | ||
| 30-39 yrs | 218 | 26% | 82 (38%) | 134 (62%) | 165 (76%) | 53 (24%) | ||
| 40-49 yrs | 169 | 20% | 70 (42%) | 97 (58%) | 102 (60%) | 67 (40%) | ||
| 50-59 yrs | 145 | 18% | 72 (50%) | 71 (50%) | 74 (51%) | 71 (49%) | ||
| 60+ | 140 | 17% | 51 (37%) | 86 (63%) | 70 (50%) | 70 (50%) | ||
| Marital Status | p=.13 | p=.18 | ||||||
| Married/living with partner | 276 | 33% | 115 (42%) | 156 (58%) | 190 (69%) | 86 (31%) | ||
| Not married or living with partner | 550 | 67% | 203 (38%) | 338 (62%) | 349 (63%) | 201 (37%) | ||
| Socioeconomic Characteristics | ||||||||
| Educational Attainment | p<.001 | p=.06 | ||||||
| grade school or below (<8 yrs) | 152 | 21% | 53 (36%) | 96 (64%) | 67 (44%) | 85 (56%) | ||
| some HS (9-11.5 yrs) | 123 | 17% | 49 (41%) | 71 (59%) | 73 (59%) | 50 (41%) | ||
| High School graduate (12 yrs) | 200 | 27% | 61 (31%) | 138 (69%) | 155 (78%) | 45 (23%) | ||
| > High School (13+ yrs) | 261 | 35% | 109 (43%) | 147 (57%) | 191 (73%) | 70 (27%) | ||
| Employment Status | p<.001 | p=.05 | ||||||
| Employed | 424 | 51% | 177 (42%) | 241 (58%) | 311 (73%) | 113 (27%) | ||
| Unemployed | 403 | 49% | 141 (36%) | 254 (64%) | 229 (57%) | 174 (43%) | ||
| Poverty Status | ||||||||
| Not in poverty | 327 | 42% | 123 (38%) | 202 (62%) | 235 (72%) | 92 (28%) | ||
| In Poverty | 445 | 58% | 176 (40%) | 264 (60%) | 262 (59%) | 183 (41%) | p<.001 | p=.55 |
| Psychological Distress | ||||||||
| Average Psychological Distress Score | 6.97 (2.06)† | 7.08 (2.11)† | 6.90 (2.00)† | 6.87 (2.08)† | 7.16 (2.01)† | p=.06 | p=.27 | |
*
bivariate association with self-rated health
I
bivariate association with financial hardship
†
Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding
§
Percentage frequency in parentheses
†
number in parentheses is the standard deviation