Table 1.

Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) Study population characteristics, Louisiana, 2012–2014 (N=2790).

	n	(%)	Range	Missing
Race				40*
Non-Hispanic White	1562	56.80
Non-Hispanic Black	956	34.76
Other (Multiracial, Hispanic, Other Races)	232	8.44
Age (mean, SD)	45.67	11.996	18–80
Education				7*
Less than High School	326	11.71
High School Graduate	1650	59.29
College or beyond	807	29.00
Annual Household Income				201*
≤ $20,000	645	24.91
$20,001–$40,000	542	20.93
$40,001–$60,000	416	16.07
≥ $60,001	986	38.08
Marital Status				4*
Married/Living with Partner	1754	62.96
Never Married/Separated/Divorced/Widowed	1032	37.04
Currently Employed	1562	59.12		148*
Current Regular Drinker	180	21.00		116*
DHOS Exposure
Income loss due to DHOS	729	26.26		14
Participated in DHOS cleanup activities	55	1.97
Affected recreational hunting/fishing activities	952	34.37		20
Physical damage to commercial fishing areas	188	6.78		19
Property Loss/Damage due to DHOS or cleanup	70	2.51		3
Frequency and Severity of Smelling Oil				136*
None	1663	62.66
Low	282	10.63
Medium	259	7.76
High	450	16.96
Other contact with oil	608	22.01		27
Hit harder than others	164	6.01		59
Somewhat/very negative influence on finances	1043	37.93		40
	Mean	SD
Months since DHOS	38.28	4.668	27–53
Perceived Social Support Score	4.19	1.273	0–5	113*
General Self Efficacy Scale Score	34.14	4.781	10–40	62
Social Cohesion Score	9.59	2.559	0–12	288*
Informal Social Control Score	16.81	3.162	5–20	173*
Neighborhood Participation Score	1.19	1.562	0–9	4
CES-D Score	11.76	12.457	0–58	60*

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D); Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DHOS).

^*Significant difference between women with missing and non-missing values, p < 0.05.