Table 1.
Means and frequencies for all variables included in the study across New York City boroughs
| NYC | Manhattan | Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M/% (SE) | N | M/% (SE) | N | M/% (SE) | N | M/% (SE) | N | M/% (SE) | N | M/% (SE) | N | |
| Age | 50.23 (.84) | -- | 49.95 (1.59) | -- | 48.54 (3.07) | -- | 49.53 (1.76) | -- | 50.93 (1.74) | -- | 52.46 (1.99) | -- |
| Female | 62.2% (.02) | 260 | 55.2 (.04) | 69 | 64.9% (.08) | 24 | 59.4% (.05) | 57 | 68.8% (.05) | 64 | 68.7% (.06) | 46 |
| Asian | 5.3% (.01) | 22 | 9.6% (.03) | 12 | 2.7% (.03) | 1 | 4.2% (.02) | 4 | 3.2% (.02) | 3 | 3% (.02) | 2 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 18.7% (.02) | 78 | 13.6% (.03) | 17 | 40.5% (.08) | 15 | 15.6% (.04) | 15 | 29% (.05) | 27 | 6% (.03) | 4 |
| Hispanic | 19.1% (.02) | 80 | 31.2% (.04) | 39 | 29.7% (.08) | 11 | 8.3% (.03) | 8 | 15.1% (.04) | 14 | 11.9% (.04) | 8 |
| Other ethnicity | 6.5% (.01) | 27 | 7.2% (.02) | 9 | 8.1% (.05) | 3 | 8.3% (.03) | 8 | 5.4% (.02) | 5 | 3% (.02) | 2 |
| High school education or less | 25.4% (.02) | 106 | 21.6% (.04) | 27 | 37.8% (.08) | 14 | 21.9% (.04) | 21 | 24.7$ (.05) | 23 | 31.3% (.06) | 21 |
| Employed | 54.8% (.02) | 229 | 56.8% (.05) | 71 | 45.9% (.08) | 17 | 55.2% (.05) | 53 | 60.2% (.05) | 56 | 47.8% (.06) | 32 |
| Married or cohabitating | 43.5% (.02) | 182 | 36.8% (.04) | 46 | 45.9% (.08) | 17 | 41.7% (.05) | 40 | 50.5% (.05) | 47 | 47.8% (.06) | 32 |
| Parent, living with child at time of Sandy | 21.8% (.02) | 91 | 14.4% (.03) | 18 | 24.3% (.07) | 9 | 24% (.04) | 23 | 23.7% (.04) | 22 | 28.4% (.06) | 19 |
| Experienced or witnessed trauma in addition to Sandy | 49.3% (.03) | 206 | 53.6% (.05) | 67 | 23.2% (.08) | 16 | 51% (.05) | 49 | 48.4% (.05) | 45 | 43.3% (.06) | 29 |
| Number of Sandy-related trauma | .06 (.01) | -- | .05 (.02) | -- | .05 (.04) | -- | .1 (.04) | -- | .05 (.03) | -- | .05 (.03) | -- |
| Number of Sandy-related stressors | .64 (.05) | -- | .02 (.05) | -- | .29 (.09) | -- | .73 (.11) | -- | .12 (.15) | -- | .69 (.12) | -- |
| Posttraumatic stress (PCL-5 severity score) | 7.12 (.55) | -- | 5.12 (.76) | -- | 7.81 (1.93) | -- | 7.75 (1.43) | -- | 9.61 (1.33) | -- | 6.08 (.93) | -- |
| Depression (PHQ-9 severity score) | 3.25 (.23) | -- | 3.06 (.39) | -- | 3.46 (.94) | -- | 3.28 (.49) | -- | 3.99 (.55) | -- | 2.42 (.49) | -- |
| Total N | 418 | 125 | 37 | 96 | 93 | 67 | ||||||
PCL-5 = Posttraumatic Stress Checklist for DSM-5. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9.