Table 2.
Associations of sex, race/ethnicity, SES, and discrimination to depressive symptoms
| CESD Scores | High Depressive Symptoms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-value | Yes | No | p-value | ||
| Med (IQR) | % | % | |||
| Total | 9.0 (5.0–17.0) | 25.9 | 74.1 | ||
| Mean (SD) | |||||
| Sex | 0.003 | 0.004 | |||
| Male | 10.9 (8.6) | 32.3 | 45.7 | ||
| Female | 13.3 (9.8) | 67.7 | 54.3 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | 0.03 | 0.04 | |||
| Black | 13.2 (9.2) | 52.5 | 42.9 | ||
| White | 11.5 (9.5) | 47.5 | 57.1 | ||
| Highest Parent Education | <.0001 | 0.003 | |||
| High school, GED, or less | 15.1 (9.7) | 25.3 | 15.8 | ||
| Some college | 13.2 (9.3) | 31.0 | 26.1 | ||
| College graduate | 12.2 (9.7) | 29.1 | 31.5 | ||
| Professional degree | 9.0 (7.8) | 14.6 | 26.6 | ||
| Spearman Rho | Med (IQR) | Med (IQR) | |||
| Household Income ($1000) | −0.17 | <.0001 | 62.5 (30.0–87.5) | 62.5 (30.0–87.8) | 0.68 |
| Discrimination | 0.30 | <.0001 | 34.0 (22.0–41.0) | 25.0 (19.0–33.0) | <.0001 |
Note. CESD, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; Med, median; IQR, inner quartile range. High depressive symptoms were defined by CESD score ≥16. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.