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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Dec;102(12):1237–1242. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30779-3

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics by Psychological Status

Characteristics People With Serious Psychological Distress People Without Serious Psychological Distress P Values

N = 368 N = 5918

% (SE) % (SE)
Gender .03
 Men 36.5 (4.2) 45.7 (0.5)
 Women 63.5 (4.2) 54.3 (0.5)
Age .03
 18–34 32.1 (4.2) 28.5 (0.6)
 35–49 33.4 (4.1) 28.0 (0.6)
 50–64 24.8 (3.0) 25.1 (0.4)
 ≥65 9.6 (1.5) 18.4 (0.3)
Marital status .006
 Married/living as married 46.2 (4.3) 59.4 (0.6)
 Divorced/widowed/separated 23.6 (2.5) 17.2 (0.4)
 Single, never married 30.3 (4.4) 23.4 (0.6)
Race .02
 Hispanic 12.2 (2.8) 10.6 (0.6)
 Non-Hispanic white 72.2 (3.7) 73.0 (0.6)
 Non-Hispanic black 9.5 (1.9) 10.5 (0.4)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 1.6 (1.1) 4.2 (0.3)
 Other 4.5 (1.0) 1.8 (0.5)
Education <.001
 Lower than high school 23.0 (3.4) 11.0 (0.6)
 High school 34.8 (3.6) 24.8 (0.6)
 Higher than high school 42.2 (3.6) 64.2 (0.7)
Household Income, $ <.001
 <20 000 38.0 (4.8) 15.2 (0.8)
 20 000–49 999 37.8 (5.2) 29.9 (1.0)
 50 000–74 999 6.9 (1.5) 21.0 (0.8)
 ≥75 000 17.4 (3.3) 33.9 (1.0)
Health insurance .049
 No 18.4 (3.7) 10.4 (0.6)
 Yes 81.6 (3.7) 89.6 (0.6)
Usual source of care .02
 No 31.4 (4.3) 20.9 (1.0)
 Yes 68.6 (4.3) 79.1 (1.0)