Table 1.
Demographics
| DBSA Participants | Non-DBSA Participants | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=202 |
n=105 |
||||
| mean / % | (SD) / (n) | mean / % | (SD) / (n) | ||
| Age | 42.3 | (15.5) | 41.7 | (16.1) | 0.78 |
| Gender (% female) | 53.5 | (108) | 65.7 | (69) | 0.01 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 88.1 | (178) | 75.2 | (79) | 0.00 |
| Asian | 4.5 | (9) | 4.8 | (5) | |
| Black | 3.0 | (6) | 17.1 | (18) | |
| Other | 4.5 | (9) | 2.9 | (3) | |
| Hispanic (% yes) | 5.0 | (10) | 1.9 | (2) | 0.19 |
| Education | 0.23 | ||||
| High school / GED or less | 30.2 | (61) | 38.1 | (40) | |
| College degree (incl. associate’s) | 44.1 | (89) | 34.3 | (36) | |
| Graduate degree (master’s, JD, etc.) | 25.7 | (52) | 24.8 | (26) | |
| Religion | 0.05 | ||||
| None | 26.2 | (53) | 41.9 | (44) | |
| Catholic | 28.2 | (57) | 16.2 | (17) | |
| Protestant | 13.4 | (27) | 13.3 | (14) | |
| Nondenominational Christian | 11.4 | (23) | 8.6 | (9) | |
| Jewish | 13.4 | (27) | 9.5 | (10) | |
| Other Religion | 7.4 | (15) | 4.8 | (5) | |
| Marital status | 0.54 | ||||
| Married, living together | 21.3 | (43) | 21.0 | (22) | |
| Divorced, separated | 14.4 | (29) | 18.1 | (19) | |
| Widowed | 1.5 | (3) | 3.8 | (4) | |
| Not married, not living as married | 60.4 | (122) | 53.3 | (56) | |
| Sexual orientation (% heterosexual) | 78.7 | (159) | 72.4 | (76) | 0.24 |
| Employment | 0.91 | ||||
| Unemployed | 46.5 | (94) | 46.7 | (49) | |
| Part-time | 27.7 | (56) | 25.7 | (27) | |
| Full-time | 25.7 | (52) | 27.6 | (29) | |
| Annual household income | 0.47 | ||||
| < $25,000 | 41.1 | (83) | 50.5 | (53) | |
| $25,000-$50,000 | 21.8 | (44) | 20.0 | (21) | |
| $50,000-$75,000 | 10.9 | (22) | 11.4 | (12) | |
| $75,000-$100,000 | 12.4 | (25) | 7.6 | (8) | |
| >$100,000 | 13.9 | (28) | 10.5 | (11) | |
| Disability benefits (% yes) | 39.1 | (79) | 31.4 | (33) | 0.32 |
| Ever been arrested (% yes) | 20.8 | (42) | 21.9 | (23) | 0.82 |
| If yes, median # of times | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ever stayed in jail overnight (% yes) | 16.8 | (34) | 15.2 | (16) | 0.70 |
| If yes, median # of times | 1.0 | 2.0 | |||
DBSA = Depression Bipolar Support Alliance; DBSA Participants = Mood disorder patients with past-month DBSA attendance; Non-DBSA Participants = Individuals with mood disorder, without prior/current exposure to DBSA.