Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of the African American male sample^a (n = 1,271)

	All Men		Young		Middle		Late
	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency
Age group			31.79	404	44.61	567	23.60	300
Household income
≤$17,999	23.28	347	23.14	97	18.37	124	34.68	126
$18–$31,999	23.16	307	25.82	111	20.84	121	23.74	75
$32–$54,999	28.29	353	29.62	126	29.95	172	22.17	55
≥$55,000	25.27	264	21.42	70	30.84	150	19.40	44
Education level
Some high school	23.22	320	18	70	20.11	113	39.62	131
High school	39.45	497	47	190	38.49	223	28.9	78
College	22.88	284	21.49	91	26.78	147	16.83	44
Grad or professional	14.45	170	13.46	50	14.6	76	15.45	39
Employment status
Not in workforce	19.82	276	8.38	28	10.35	65	62.19	183
Unemployed	8.76	104	12.86	52	8.16	44	2.8	8
Employed	71.42	887	78.75	324	81.49	458	34.99	105
Marital status
Married	40.05	444	23.64	91	47.67	229	52.79	124
Partner	9.37	108	11.92	46	10.26	54	2.75	8
Sep/div/widow	20.13	324	4.62	18	24.55	166	37.69	140
Never married	30.45	392	60.35	249	17.52	118	6.77	25
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Discrimination	4.33	0.18	4.540	0.274	4.597	0.267	3.352	0.203
Mastery scoresb	3.37	0.021	3.44	0.027	3.342	0.029	3.304	0.046
CES-D scoresc	6.15	0.23	6.75	0.28	6.02	0.31	5.34	0.41

Note.

^aThe percents, means, and standard error are weighted but the n’s are unweighted.

^bMastery score range is 1–4.

^cCES-D score range is 0–36.