Table 1.
Sample Distribution of Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics by Diagnostic Status: African American Adults, 2001–2003, NSAL (Weighted).
| Total |
Diagnosis Status, Past Yeara |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 3,149) |
Positive (N = 2,544) |
Negative (N = 605) |
|
| Mean/(SD) or Percentag | Mean/(SD) or Percentage | Mean/(SD) or Percentage | |
| Age (years) | 41.59 (17.82) | 42.22 (18.16) | 38.82 (15.77) |
| F(1, 34) = 32.07*** | |||
| Male | 43.7 | 46.1 | 33.0 F(1, 34) = 24.43*** |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/cohabiting | 42.3 | 44.0 | 34.8 |
| Previously married | 26.0 | 25.0 | 30.6 |
| Never married | 31.7 | 31.0 | 34.6 F(2, 33) = 8.24** |
| Lives alone (/no) | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.4 F(1, 34) = 0.12 |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 68.0 | 69.3 | 62.6 |
| Unemployed | 10.2 | 9.0 | 15.3 |
| Not in labor force | 21.8 | 21.7 | 22.1 F(2, 33) = 7.67** |
| Years of Education | |||
| Less than 12 years | 23.5 | 22.3 | 29.1 |
| 12 years | 37.8 | 38.2 | 36.0 |
| 13–15 years | 24.3 | 24.5 | 23.1 |
| 16+ years | 14.4 | 15.0 | 11.7 F(3, 32) = 4.70** |
| Poverty Index | 2.68 (2.72) | 2.76 (2.69) | 2.30 (2.84) F(1, 34) = 8.70** |
| Uninsured | 17.8 | 16.6 | 23.4 F(2, 33) = 4.71* |
| Family support (3 = low to 12 = high) | 9.74 (2.40) | 9.83 (2.29) | 9.34 (2.80) |
| F(1, 34) = 10.58** | |||
| Negative family interactions (3 = low to 12 = high) | 5.53 (2.57) | 5.33 (2.44) | 6.42 (2.89) F(1, 34) = 79.56*** |
| Family helpfulness (1 = never to 4 = very often) | 2.74 (1.20) | 2.73 (1.20) | 2.77 (1.19) F(1, 34) = 0.49 |
| Fictive kin helpfulness (1 = never to 4 = very often) | 2.35 (1.37) | 2.33 (1.35) | 2.40 (1.46) F(1, 34) = 1.13 |
| No fictive kin | 8.7 | 8.4 | 10.3 F(1, 34) = 1.76 |
| Family history of disorder/t | |||
| No disorder | 46.3 | 50.2 | 29.2 |
| Untreated disorder only | 24.8 | 23.9 | 28.9 |
| Any treated disorder | 28.9 | 25.9 | 41.9 F(2, 33) = 29.76*** |
| Self-rated mental health (1 = excellent to 5 = poor) | 2.13 (1.12) | 2.02 (1.04) | 2.67 (1.27) F(1, 34) = 168.04*** |
| Past year service utilization | |||
| Any mental health service (/no) | 9.8 | 4.9 | 31.1 F(1, 34) = 100.49*** |
| Specialty mental health services (/no) | 4.3 | 1.6 | 16.2 F(1, 34) = 53.72*** |
| General medical services (/no) | 5.2 | 2.6 | 16.7 F(1, 34) = 43.66*** |
Note: NSAL = National Survey of American Life.
a
Met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for one or more mood, anxiety, or substance use disorders in the past 12 months.
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001, Wald tests for differences by diagnostic status.