Table 3.

Cross-Ethnic Comparison of Importance of Different Types of Social Support for Mental Health Among Women.

	Non-Latino White					African American					Latino					Chinese
	β	p	r	%Var	%R2	β	p	r	%Var	%R2	β	p	r	%Var	%R2	β	p	r	%Var	%R2
Controlled variables
Age	.08	.21	.05	0.40	2.64	.17	.05	.20	3.36	13.24	.18	.02	.14	2.41	19.27	.10	.08	.04	0.37	6.08
Age when arriving in United States	−.07	.28	−.07	0.43	2.89	−.05	.58	.03	−0.13	−0.52	.00	.97	−.01	0.00	0.02	−.12	.05	−.10	1.17	19.04
Education	.00	.95	.04	−0.02	−0.12	.14	.10	.12	1.67	6.57	.05	.54	.05	0.23	1.80	−.04	.45	.01	−0.06	−0.95
Marriage	.07	.32	.20	1.49	9.90	−.02	.80	.04	−0.09	−0.37	.11	.15	.09	1.00	7.99	.04	.47	.03	0.13	2.16
Social support variables
Tangible	.05	.60	.30	1.54	10.22	−.15	.22	.15	−2.27	−8.93	.04	.73	.20	0.77	6.12	−.01	.84	.04	−0.05	−0.88
Informational	.08	.40	.30	2.28	15.13	.11	.34	.23	2.38	9.38	−.09	.43	.16	−1.37	−10.98	−.20	.01	−.01	0.11	1.84
Financial	.01	.93	.28	0.22	1.45	−.01	.92	.22	−0.23	−0.92	−.05	.60	.14	−0.74	−5.90	.12	.06	.13	1.59	25.87
Emotional	.24	.01	.36	8.72	57.88	.46	<.01	.45	20.72	81.54	.34	<.01	.30	10.21	81.66	.18	.01	.16	2.89	46.89
%Var and %R2 only for social support variables				12.75	84.69				20.60	81.07				8.86	70.91				4.54	73.72
%Var and %R2 for all variables				15.06	100				25.41	100				12.50	100				6.16	100

Note. “β” denotes the standardized regression coefficient; “p” denotes the p value for β; p values for β ≤ .05 are boldfaced. “r” is the Pearson correlation; “%Var” is the percentage of observed variance attributable to each (and a set) of the predictors, and “%R²” denotes the percentage of R² attributable to each (and a set) of the predictors. The second last row sums the %Var and %R² attributable to the set of four social support predictors. The last row sums the %Var and %R² attributable to four social support predictors and age, age when arriving in United States, education, and marital status.