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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nurs. 2016 Jul 5;33(6):519–528. doi: 10.1111/phn.12282

Table 2.

Bivariate Association Between the Risk Behavior Group and Demographic and Health Related Variables

Variables Risk Behaviors P-values
0 1 2 3 2 degree Pairwise
Omnibus 0 vs. 1 0 vs. 2 0 vs. 3
n=90 n=168 n=110 n=31
Demographic factors
Age M (SD) 31.6 (8.2) 32.3 (8.8) 32.1 (8.5) 30.8 (7.2) 0.81
Marital Status n (%)β
Married/Partnership 62 (69.6) 113 (67.2) 68 (61.8) 23 (74.2) 0.51
Education n (%)
High school or above 73 (82.8) 113 (67.6) 78 (70.9) 25 (80.7) 0.051
Race/Ethnicity n (%)
White 62 (68.9) 101 (60.1) 70 (63.6) 21 (67.8) 0.63
Black 2 (2.2) 8 (4.8) 10 (9.1) 5 (16.1)
Hispanic 16 (17.8) 41 (24.4) 18 (16.4) 1 (3.2)
Other 10 (11.1) 18 (10.7) 4 (10.9) 4 (12.9)
Income n (%)β
$4,999–19,999 27 (32.9) 85 (55.6) 60 (59.4) 21 (75.0) 0.03* 0.008* 0.01* 0.03*
$20,000–39,999 44 (53.7) 56 (36.6) 31 (30.7) 5 (17.9)
$40,000+ 11 (13.4) 12 (7.8) 10 (9.9) 2 (7.1)
Health Related Factors
Overall Health n (%)β
Excellent 9 (10) 13 (7.7) 6 (5.5) 2 (6.8) 0.0001* 0.001* 0.08* 0.0002*
Very Good 33 (36.7) 31 (18.5) 21 (19.1) 1 (3.3)
Good 37 (41.1) 77 (45.8) 46 (41.8) 13 (43.3)
Fair 9 (10) 42 (25) 24 (21.8) 13 (43.3)
Poor 2 (2.2) 5 (3) 13 (11.8) 1 (3.3)
Diabetes n (%)
Yes 5 (5.5) 6 (3.5) 9 (8.2) 4 (12.9) 0.18
Heart Disease n (%)
Yes 0 (0) 6 (2.3) 3 (2.7) 1 (3.3) 0.36
Depression n (%)
Yes 18 (20.0) 56 (33.3) 50 (45.5) 15 (48.4) 0.001* 0.025* 0.0002* 0.0004*
Regular Health Care Provider n (%)
Yes 59 (65.5) 114 (67.8) 76 (69.1) 24 (77.4) 0.67

Notes.

*

significance p<.05;

β notes variables with missing cases