TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics by housing type, AHOME (n = 371)
| Housing type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Section 8 | ||||
| Variable | Housing | Voucher | Unassisted | All | F-stat |
| Outcomes | |||||
| Depressive symptomatology | 45.0 | 39.3 | 32.8 | 39.4 | 2.02 |
| Hostile affect | 16.4 | 15.2 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 0.13 |
| Covariates | |||||
| Background | |||||
| Age (mean) | 46.78 | 47.20 | 44.54 | 46.19 | 1.12 |
| Female | 74.3 | 76.8 | 72.3 | 74.4 | 0.31 |
| Spanish interview | 47.1 | 50.0 | 62.2 | 52.8 | 3.21* |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 52.9 | 50.0 | 37.0 | 46.9 | 3.61* |
| High school degree | 27.9 | 29.5 | 40.3 | 32.4 | 2.61 |
| More than high school | 19.3 | 20.5 | 22.7 | 20.8 | 0.23 |
| No. of health comorbidities (mean, range 0–7) | 1.36 | 1.22 | 0.86 | 1.16 | 6.46* |
| Housing environment | |||||
| Perceived crowding (mean, range 1–4) | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.07 | 2.02 | 0.61 |
| No. maintenance deficiencies (mean, range 0–7) | 2.76 | 2.53 | 2.61 | 2.64 | 0.63 |
| Neighborhood environment | |||||
| Physical disorder (mean, range 1–3) | 1.80 | 1.51 | 1.45 | 1.60 | 14.33* |
| Social cohesion (mean, range 1–5) | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.87 | 2.76 | 1.12 |
| n | 140 | 112 | 119 | 371 | |
All figures are percentages, except where noted
*p < .05