Table 2:
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by race for general population, non-TANF Recipients* (n = 2,123)
| Characteristic | African American (n= 1,353) |
Caribbean blacks (n= 770) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | SE | F | p-value | |||
| Age (mean years) | 44 | (0.7) | 41 | (1.3) | 3.67 | 0.06 |
| Education (years) | 12.6 | (0.1) | 13.0 | (0.2) | 1.89 | 0.17 |
| Annual Household Income (mean $) | 36,900 | (1,360) | 44,800 | (4,600) | 2.71 | 0.11 |
| Number of Children | 1.0 | (0.0) | 1.0 | (0.1) | 0.15 | 0.70 |
| Number of Adolescents | 0.2 | (0.0) | 0.3 | (0.0) | 7.08* | 0.01 |
| Household Size | 2.8 | (0.1) | 3.0 | (0.1) | 3.66 | 0.06 |
| % | SE | % | SE | χ2 | p-value | |
| Mental Health Service Use | 0.50 | 0.48 | ||||
| Yes | 14.4 | (1.1) | 12.7 | (2.0) | ||
| No | 85.6 | (1.1) | 87.3 | (2.0) | ||
| Depressed | 0.44 | 0.51 | ||||
| Yes | 11.9 | (10) | 13.9 | (2.9) | ||
| No | 88.1 | (1.0) | 86.1 | (2.9) | ||
| Marital Status (%) | 2.07 | 0.12 | ||||
| Married | 30.5 | (1.5) | 32.3 | (3.2) | ||
| Partner | 6.2 | (0.8) | 9.8 | (2.8) | ||
| Sep., Wid., Div. | 33.0 | (1.4) | 24.8 | (3.4) | ||
| Never Married | 30.3 | (1.8) | 33.1 | (2.4) | ||
| Employment Status | 4.63* | 0.04 | ||||
| Full-Time Work | 54.9 | (1.6) | 62.4 | (3.0) | ||
| Less than Full-Time Work | 45.1 | (1.6) | 37.6 | (3.0) | ||
| nativity | 1306.56*** | 0.00 | ||||
| US-born | 98.3 | (0.3) | 67.3 | (2.6) | ||
| Foreign-born | 1.7 | (0.3) | 32.7 | (2.6) | ||
*
Data source: National Survey of American Life (NSAL).
All calculations are weighted.