Table 1.
Descriptive statistics in the pooled sample and by race/ethnicity.
| All (n = 1439) | Whites (n = 759) | Blacks (n = 734) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 75.14 | 6.67 | 75.37 | 6.82 | 74.91 | 6.49 |
| Income *a | 4.59 | 2.49 | 5.63 | 2.49 | 3.49 | 1.96 |
| Depressive Symptoms *a | 1.56 | 0.62 | 1.54 | 0.59 | 1.59 | .65 |
| Self-Esteem 1 | 10.36 | 1.46 | 10.13 | 1.41 | 10.61 | 1.47 |
| Self-Esteem 2 | 10.50 | 1.54 | 10.45 | 1.53 | 10.55 | 1.56 |
| N | % | n | % | N | % | |
| Gender *b | ||||||
| Male | 573 | 38.20 | 314 | 41.37 | 256 | 34.88 |
| Female | 927 | 61.80 | 445 | 58.63 | 478 | 65.12 |
| Education *b | ||||||
| Low | 609 | 40.98 | 200 | 26.60 | 407 | 55.98 |
| High | 877 | 59.02 | 552 | 73.40 | 320 | 44.02 |
| Married *b | ||||||
| No | 778 | 52.28 | 306 | 40.53 | 467 | 64.33 |
| Yes | 710 | 47.72 | 449 | 59.47 | 259 | 35.67 |
| Self-Rated Health (SRH) Poor *b | ||||||
| No | 1322 | 88.37 | 694 | 91.80 | 622 | 84.86 |
| Yes | 174 | 11.63 | 62 | 8.20 | 111 | 15.14 |
Source: Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, 2001–2004. * p <0.05. a independent samples t test. b Chi square test.