Table 1:
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by Race for TANF Recipients* (n = 1, 000)
| Characteristic | African American (n= 827) |
Caribbean blacks (n= 173) |
F | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | SE | |||||
| Age (mean years) | 40 | (0.7) | 40 | (2.8) | 0.00 | 0.95 |
| Education (years) | 12.1 | (0.1) | 12.2 | (0.18) | 0.19 | 0.67 |
| Annual Household Income (mean $) | 24,900 | (1,724) | 27,100 | (2,640) | 0.45 | 0.50 |
| Number of Children | 1.0 | (0.6) | 1.0 | (0.1) | 0.02 | 0.88 |
| Number of Adolescents | 0.5 | (0.3) | 0.4 | (0.1) | 1.17 | 0.28 |
| Household Size | 3.3 | (0.7) | 3.4 | (0.2) | 0.15 | 0.70 |
| % | SE | % | SE | χ2 | p-value | |
| Mental Health Service Use | 4.83** | 0.03 | ||||
| Yes | 24.3 | (2.3) | 14.1 | (3.4) | ||
| No | 75.7 | (2.3) | 85.9 | (3.4) | ||
| Depressed | 0.10 | 0.75 | ||||
| Yes | 18.9 | (1.5) | 20.5 | (4.8) | ||
| No | 81.1 | (1.5) | 79.5 | (4.8) | ||
| Marital Status (%) | 0.72 | 0.50 | ||||
| Married | 22.0 | (1.9) | 16.6 | (4.3) | ||
| Partner | 11.9 | (1.5) | 18.6 | (8.0) | ||
| Sep., Wid., Div. | 29.9 | (1.4) | 36.1 | (11.4) | ||
| Never Married | 36.2 | (2.1) | 28.6 | (8.0) | ||
| Employment Status | 0.11 | 0.74 | ||||
| Full-Time Work | 50.9 | (1.7) | 53.5 | (7.7) | ||
| Less than Full-Time Work | 49.1 | (1.7) | 46.5 | (7.6) | ||
| nativity | 209.2*** | 0.00 | ||||
| US-born | 98.7 | (0.5) | 50.5 | (8.3) | ||
| Foreign-born | 1.3 | (0.5) | 49.5 | (8.3) | ||
*
Data source: National Survey of American Life (NSAL).
All calculations are weighted.