Table 3:

Odds of Mental Health Treatment for TANF and Non-TANF Recipients Controlling for Demographic Characteristics

	Entire TANF Sample (N=1,000)		Entire Non-TANF Sample (N = 2,123)
Independent Variables	Odds Ratio (SE)	95% CI	Odds Ratio (SE)	95% CI
Work
Less Than Full-Time (W)	1.70 (0.33)	[1.16 - 2.50]**	1.28 (0.22)	[0.91 - 1.81]
Full Time (Omit)
Depression (D)	4.53 (0.92)	[3.04 - 6.74]**	4.69 (0.91)	[3.20 - 6.85]***
Ethnic Background	1.19 (0.36)	[0.65 - 2.17]	0.66 (0.16)	[0.42 - 1.05]
African American
Caribbean black (Omit)	0.99 (0.01)	[0.97 - 1.01]	0.99 (0.01)	[0.97 - 0.99]**
Age (mean)
Education (years)	1.15 (0.05)	[1.05 - 1.26]**	1.12 (0.05)	[1.03 - 1.22]**
Annual Household Income (mean $)	1.00 (0.00)	[1.00 - 1.00]	1.00 (0.00)	[1.00 - 1.00]
Marital Status
Married (Omit)
Partner	0.64 (0.24)	[0.31 - 1.34]	1.79 (0.67]	[0.86 - 3.72]
Separated, Widowed, Divorced	0.95 (0.25)	[0.56 - 1.60]	1.70 (0.40)	[1.08 - 2.69]*
Never Married	0.72 (0.19)	[0.43 - 1.22]	1.08 (0.25)	[0.69 - 1.70]
Children	0.77 (0.07)	[0.65 - 0.92]**	0.83 (0.09)	[0.67 - 1.04]
Adolescents	0.84 (0.12)	[0.64 - 1.10]	1.06 (0.16)	[0.79 - 1.41]
Nativity
US-Born	2.05 (0.91)	[0.85 - 4.90]*	3.16 (0.89)	[1.82 - 5.50]***
Foreign-Born (ref.)

^*p <.05;

^**p <.01;

^***p <.000;

Source: National Survey of American Life (NSAL). All calculations are weighted.