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. 2014 Dec;104(12):2321–2327. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302046

TABLE 1—

Summary Statistics of Analysis Sample of Observed Cases: Survey of Associations Between Police Contact and Mental Health, New York City, September 2012–March 2013

Variable Mean (SD) or %
Health outcomes
 Anxiety (BSI subscale, asked of all) 8.53 (6.89)
 Trauma (IES–R, asked if stopped in the past year) 3.49 (2.58)
Race/ethnicity
 White 20
 Black 30
 Hispanic 35
 Other or unknown 15
Respondent age, y 22.03 (2.50)
Education
 Did not complete high school 12
 High school graduate only 31
 Some college or technical training 37
 College graduate or more 19
Public housing residents 13
Self-reported criminal activity 0.32 (0.75)
Experience with the police
 Ever stopped 85
 Number of stops in lifetime 8.64 (17.86)
 Stopped past year 46
 Perceived procedural justice, global 17.84 (6.23)
Critical stop experience, asked if stopped in the past year
 Perceived procedural justice, critical encounter 28.57 (13.40)
 Intrusion scale 3.43 (2.38)

Note. BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory; IES–R = Impact of Event Scale–Revised. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.