Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics
| African American N=144 |
Latino N=115 |
Non-Latino White N=172 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N % | N % | N % | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 96 (67%) | 85 (74%) | 104 (61%) |
| Education | |||
| Less than HS | 23 (16%) | 27 (23%) | 29 (17%) |
| HS degree or GED | 47 (33%) | 19 (17%) | 39 (23%) |
| Partial college | 37 (26%) | 25 (22%) | 56 (33%) |
| Associate’s degree | 11 (8%) | 14 (12%) | 20 (11%) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 18 (12%) | 23 (20%) | 20 (11%) |
| Graduate degree | 8 (5%) | 7 (6%) | 8 (5%) |
| Marital Status | |||
| Single | 85 (59%) | 54 (47%) | 99 (58%) |
| Married | 14 (10%) | 18 (16%) | 19 (11%) |
| Divorced /separated or widowed | 45 (31%) | 43 (37%) | 54 (31%) |
| Current Employment | |||
| Full-time/Part-time | 36 (25%) | 42 (37%) | 43 (25%) |
| Unemployed | 40 (28%) | 25 (22%) | 64 (37%) |
| Physical/Psychiatric Disability | 52 (36%) | 30 (26%) | 48 (28%) |
| Not employed for other reasonsa | 16 (11%) | 18 (15%) | 17 (10%) |
| Annual household incomeb | |||
| Less than $20,000 | 96 (67%) | 61 (53%) | 109 (63%) |
| $20 – 49,999 | 38 (26%) | 38 (33%) | 46 (27%) |
| $50 – 64,999 | 5 (3.5%) | 11 (10%) | 5 (3%) |
| Over $65,000 | 5 (3.5%) | 3 (3%) | 12 (7%) |
| In-the-U.S.-as-a-Child (IUSC)c | 139 (97%) | 66 (57%) | 167 (97%) |
| M SD | M SD | M SD | |
| Age | 42.2** (10.8) | 36.1 (10.7) | 38.7 (12.3) |
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a
Other reasons for not being employed include being a homemaker, retired, or a student.
b
Numbers do not add up to group totals due to missing data.
c
IUSC is defined as being born in the U.S. or immigrating to the U.S. prior to age 6