Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the analytic sample

	Non-Hispanic blacks	Non-Hispanic whites	Black vs White
	(n = 393; 24.90%)	(n = 1,185; 75.10%)	χ2/t
Predisposing Factors
Female	0.69	0.61	−2.77**
Age	59.53 (12.83)	61.60 (14.64)	2.50**
Less than High School	0.34	0.16	−7.88***
Need Factors
Self-Rated Health	3.22 (1.03)	3.53 (1.01)	5.31***
Functional Limitations	1.56 (1.03)	1.41 (0.87)	−2.74**
Health Conditions Index	1.46 (1.30)	1.35 (1.24)	−1.58†
Enabling Factors
Employed	0.73	0.69	−1.18
Income	4.19 (2.60)	5.73 (2.40)	10.84***
Insured	0.94	0.96	1.21
Married	0.46	0.70	8.79***
Rural	0.22	0.35	5.04***
ED Used	0.32	0.24	−2.98***
PC Used	0.88	0.91	1.55
Trust in Physicians
Mistrust	1.44	1.49	1.29
Life Course Factors			211.72***
South-Never	0.28	0.64	12.79***
South-After 16	0.03	0.08	3.14***
South-Left After 16	0.17	0.04	−8.84***
Health Care Utilization
PC Utilization	5.65 (8.99)	5.41 (8.89)	−0.46
ED Utilization	0.59 (1.13)	0.40 (1.08)	−2.90**

Note:

^†p≤0.10;

^*p≤0.05;

^**p≤0.01;

^***p≤0.001