Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Black Adults (African-American or Afro-Caribbean) with Obesity-Related Health Problems (ORHPs) Compared With Those with no ORHPs, 2001–2003 National Survey of American Life (N = 5008)
|
Total Sample N (wt%) |
ORHPs
a N (wt%) |
No ORHPs
a N (wt%) |
p-Value b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1859 (38.5) | 3149 (61.5) | ||
| Gender | 0.002 | |||
| Male | 1833 (44.4) | 609 (40.6) | 1224 (46.8) | |
| Female | 3175 (55.6) | 250 (59.4) | 1925 (53.2) | |
| Education | 0.011 | |||
| >=HS | 2032 (61.4) | 659 (35.5) | 1373 (40.6) | |
| <HS | 2976 (38.6) | 1200 (64.5) | 1776 (59.4) | |
| Income | 0.004 | |||
| ≥$30,000 | 2239 (47.7) | 722 (43.2) | 1517 (50.5) | |
| <$30,000 | 2769 (52.3) | 1137 (56.8) | 1632 (49.5) | |
| Employed | <.001 | |||
| Employed | 3401 (67.4) | 1018 (56.3) | 2383 (74.3) | |
| Not Employed | 1597 (32.6) | 841 (43.7) | 756 (25.6) | |
| Marital Status | 0.027 | |||
| Married | 1834 (42.2) | 691 (45.3) | 1143 (40.2) | |
| Not Married | 3166 (57.8) | 1168 (54.7) | 1998 (59.8) | |
| Place of Birth | <.001 | |||
| US-born | 3837 (93.7) | 1514 (96.2) | 2323 (92.2) | |
| Foreign-born | 1114 (6.3) | 327 (3.8) | 787 (7.8) | |
| Criminal Justice Contact | 0.655 | |||
| Contact | 1392 (34.6) | 533 (35.1) | 859 (34.2) | |
| No Contact | 3616 (65.5) | 1326 (64.9) | 2290 (65.8) | |
| Personal Stressors | 0.36 | |||
| Stressed | 645 (13.4) | 252 (14.2) | 393 (12.8) | |
| Not Stressed | 4363 (83.6) | 1607 (85.8) | 2756 (87.2) | |
| Neighborhood Stressors | 0.199 | |||
| Stressed | 2036 (41.7) | 799 (43.2) | 1237 (40.7) | |
| Not Stressed | 2972 (58.3) | 1060 (56.8) | 1912 (59.3) | |
| Family Stressors | 0.146 | |||
| Stressed | 1574 (31.2) | 586 (33.0) | 988 (30.1) | |
| Not Stressed | 3434 (68.8) | 1273 (67.0) | 2161 (69.9) | |
| Financial Stressors | 0.006 | |||
| Stressed | 3177 (62.2) | 1252 (66.1) | 1925 (59.8) | |
| Not Stressed | 1831 (37.8) | 607 (33.9) | 1224 (40.2) | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 42.2 (16.1) | 45.8 (17.1) | 40.97 (15.6) | <.001 |
a
Column percentages of those who report experiencing ORHPs or not experiencing ORHPs, not percentage of the whole sample.
b
Rao-Scott Chi-square p-value indicates whether the distribution of obesity-related health status is significantly different by sub-group.
Abbreviations: ORHP, Obesity-Related Health Problems; N, Sample Size; wt%, Weighted Percentages; SD, Standard Deviation; HS, High School; US, United States