Table 1.
Unhealthy days during the previous 30 days by participants’ characteristics and neighborhood factors
| Total | 0–13 unhealthy days a month | 14 or more unhealthy days a month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nb | (%) | Count | (%) | Count | (%) | |
| Age (in years) | ||||||
| 18–35 years | 62 | (31.0) | 46 | (31.3) | 16 | (30.2) |
| 36–45 years | 39 | (19.5) | 31 | (21.1) | 8 | (15.1) |
| 46–55 years | 50 | (25.0) | 38 | (25.9) | 12 | (22.6) |
| 56 plus years | 49 | (24.5) | 32 | (21.8) | 17 | (32.1) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 132 | (65.7) | 93 | (62.8) | 39 | (73.6) |
| Male | 69 | (34.3) | 55 | (37.2) | 14 | (26.4) |
| Education | ||||||
| High school complete | 162 | (80.6) | 124 | (83.8) | 38 | (71.7) |
| No high school | 39 | (19.4) | 24 | (16.2) | 15 | (28.3) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Currently marrieda | 65 | (32.7) | 54 | (37.0) | 11 | (20.8) |
| Not married nowa | 134 | (67.3) | 92 | (63.0) | 42 | (79.2) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic whites | 13 | (6.5) | 8 | (5.4) | 5 | (9.4) |
| Non-Hispanic blacks | 133 | (66.5) | 98 | (66.7) | 35 | (66.0) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | (27.0) | 41 | (27.9) | 13 | (24.5) |
| Household annual income | ||||||
| $0–20,000a | 114 | (56.7) | 77 | (38.3) | 37 | (18.4) |
| $20,001–40,000 | 36 | (18.0) | 29 | (14.4) | 7 | (3.5) |
| $40,001 or more | 24 | (11.9) | 21 | (10.4) | 3 | (1.5) |
| Income not reported | 27 | (13.4) | 21 | (10.4) | 6 | (3.0) |
| Residential time | ||||||
| 5 years or less | 101 | (50.2) | 76 | (51.4) | 25 | (47.2) |
| More than 5 years | 100 | (49.8) | 72 | (48.6) | 28 | (52.8) |
| Neighborhood factors | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Community assets | 7.78 | (3.5) | 7.88 | 3.38 | 7.49 | 3.92 |
| Community wide issues | 4.11 | (2.9) | 4.03 | 2.93 | 4.36 | 2.97 |
| Neighborhood cohesion | 65.33 | (18.7) | 66.03 | 18.81 | 63.40 | 18.73 |
Column comparisons of 0–13 unhealthy days a month vs. 14 or more unhealthy days. aValues were significantly different at p < .05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions (z-tests for column proportions or t-tests for column means). bSome column numbers do not add to total sample size due to missing values