Table 2.

Associations of Severity of Depressive Symptoms with Socio-Demographic, Health and Behavioral Characteristics

Depressive Symptoms
Characteristics	Mean	Standard Deviation	P-Valuea
Gender:			.129
Male	17.6	12.1
Female	21.0	12.7
Age:			.391
15–20	17.4	12.4
21–23	18.4	12.0
24–25	21.0	12.5
Race/Ethnicity:			.615
White	19.5	12.2
African-American	15.3	10.0
Hispanic	16.5	10.7
Mixed	19.6	13.5
Other	19.1	16.5
Education:			.683
High School/GED	18.2	11.9
< 12 years	19.0	13.0
Intimate Partner:			.056
Yes	20.8	13.3
No	17.0	11.3
Chronically Homeless:			.341
Yes	19.5	12.8
No	17.6	11.7
Physical Health:			.001
Excellent/Very Good	15.1	12.02
Good	19.4	11.4
Fair/Poor	25.8	11.5
Person of Faith			.074
Yes	16.9	11.0
No	20.4	13.6
Foster Care History:			.107
Yes	21.1	13.5
No	17.5	11.7
	16.6	11.1
Primary Support:			.051
Drug/Alc Users	22.0	12.8
Non-Users	16.2	13.3
Both Equally	16.6	11.1
No Support	15.7	10.9
Incarceration History:			.222
Yes	19.4	12.4
No	16.8	12.0
Smoker:			.791
Yes	18.7	12.3
No	18.0	12.3
Binge Drinking			.580
Yes	19.0	12.1
No	17.8	12.7
Recentb Crack Use			.016
Yes	24.9	10.7
No	17.7	12.3
Recentb Cocaine Use:			.131
Yes	21.2	13.0
No	17.7	12.0
Recent Methamphetamine Use:			.070
Yes	21.1	12.2
No	17.3	12.2
Recent Hallucinogen Use			.314
Yes	17.2	12.3
No	19.2	12.3
Recent Tranquilizer Use:			.004
Yes	26.9	11.7
No	17.6	12.0
Recentb Injection Use:			.138
Yes	21.9	12.8
No	17.9	12.1
≥ 5 Recentb Partners:			.165
Yes	21.5	11.5
No	17.9	12.4
≥ 20 Lifetime Partners			.079
Yes	21.4	10.5
No	17.5	12.8
Traded Sex for Money:			.521
Yes	20.2	11.0
No	18.3	12.6

^aBased on two-sample t tests or analysis of variance

^bPast 6 months