Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of African American Men, Nashville Stress and Health Study (2011–2014)

N	Full sample	Young men	Middle-aged men	Older men
	296	85	120	92
Depressive symptoms (0–41)	12.27 (0.66)	11.84 (1.02)	13.89 (1.36)	10.04 (0.57)
Major discrimination
Low (Ref.)	0.45	0.45	0.37	0.61
Moderate	0.24	0.30	0.24	0.12*
High	0.31	0.25	0.39	0.27
Everyday discrimination
Low (Ref.)	0.27	0.21	0.27	0.39
Moderate	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.50
High	0.25	0.31	0.26	0.11**
Marital status
Married (Ref.)	0.46	0.37	0.51***	0.55***
Never married	0.33	0.56	0.27***	0.03***
Other	0.21	0.07	0.22***	0.42***
Education
Less than high school (Ref.)	0.21	0.10	0.29	0.26
High school graduate	0.26	0.16	0.34	0.30
Some college	0.32	0.37	0.27*	0.32*
College graduate or higher	0.21	0.37	0.11***	0.12*
Occupational prestige (0–100)	40.89 (1.81)	45.70 (2.89)	40.26 (2.22)	33.26 (2.41)***

Note: Weighted means and proportions are presented; standard errors are in parentheses; variable ranges are in brackets; Ref. = Referent category.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 significant age differences; "Young Men" are the referent category.