Table 2.

Multiple linear regression models for depressive symptoms (CES-D) and non-specific psychological distress (NSPD) scores by socio-demographic measures

	African American men (n = 1,196)				Caribbean black men (n = 607)				White men (n = 207)
	CES-D		Distress		CES-D		Distress		CES-D		Distress
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Age
18–29	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
30–44	–0.23	0.13	–0.19	0.10	0.06	0.16	–0.47*	0.20	0.12	0.29	0.08	0.25
45–59	–0.36**	0.14	–0.14	0.14	–0.55	0.28	–1.09**	0.32	0.12	0.33	0.33	0.26
60+	–0.79**	0.17	–0.80**	0.14	–0.48	0.44	–1.24**	0.31	–0.36	0.31	–0.96**	0.35
Marital status
Married	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Partner	0.07	0.14	0.00	0.11	0.43	0.14	0.34**	0.14	–0.49*	0.22	0.25	0.28
Separated/widow/divorced	0.13	0.11	–0.05	0.10	0.21**	0.26	0.38	0.16	–0.37	0.40	0.23	0.30
Never married	0.00	0.11	0.03	0.09	0.41	0.22	–0.14	0.19	0.49	0.34	0.58**	0.18
Employment status
Employed	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Unemployed	0.23	0.14	0.15	0.14	0.05	0.31	0.23	0.20	0.55*	0.26	1.14**	0.28
Not in work force	0.35**	0.12	0.33**	0.10	0.78**	0.30	0.92**	0.26	0.28	0.33	0.70*	0.32
Education group (years)
<11	0.43**	0.13	0.23	0.14	0.35	0.42	0.31	0.24	0.41	0.33	0.39	0.30
12	0.25*	0.11	0.12	0.12	–0.23	0.20	–0.25	0.16	0.01	0.29	–0.31	0.18
13–15	0.07	0.11	0.02	0.12	–0.32*	0.14	–0.17	0.15	0.02	0.24	–0.19	0.16
16+	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Income quartile
1 ($0–13,063.90)	0.33**	0.12	0.47**	0.14	0.38	0.26	0.14	0.19	0.58*	0.28	0.08	0.32
2 ($13,063.91–23,922.20)	0.24*	0.12	0.26*	0.12	0.16	0.20	0.01	0.15	0.08	0.30	0.15	0.22
3 ($23,922.21–38,000)	0.13	0.08	0.18	0.11	–0.18	0.15	–0.12	0.17	0.08	0.20	0.23	0.18
4 ($38,000.01–310,000)	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
R2	0.09		0.08		0.25		0.28		0.15		0.23

CES-D and NSPD scores were transformed by taking the square root of each measure, respectively

Ref reference group, B beta, SE standard error

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01