Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for the analytic sample, overall, and stratified by race
| Characteristics | All | Whites | Blacks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 95 % CI | Mean | 95 % CI | Mean | 95 % CI | |
| Age | 47.77 | 46.69–48.84 | 47.96 | 46.75–49.17 | 46.33 | 44.89–47.78 |
| Education* | 12.53 | 12.34–12.73 | 12.69 | 12.48–12.90 | 11.37 | 10.90–11.84 |
| Income* | 5.41 | 5.22–5.60 | 5.57 | 5.36–5.77 | 4.25 | 3.88–4.62 |
| Depressive symptoms* | −0.03 | −0.08–0.02 | −0.07 | −0.13–0.02 | 0.28 | 0.18–0.38 |
| Chronic medical conditions* | 0.79 | 0.74–0.85 | 0.78 | 0.71–0.84 | 0.91 | 0.81–1.02 |
| Self-rated health* | 2.30 | 2.25–2.35 | 2.28 | 2.23–2.33 | 2.43 | 2.32–2.54 |
| Stress* | 0.88 | 0.84–0.92 | 0.88 | 0.84–0.92 | 0.88 | 0.82–0.95 |
| Physical activity* | 0.02 | −0.03–0.07 | 0.05 | 0.00–0.11 | −0.22 | −0.33–0.12 |
| Self-efficacy (low)* | −0.03 | −0.08–0.02 | −0.06 | −0.11–0.00 | 0.13 | 0.03–0.24 |
| % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 47.26 | 44.86–49.68 | 47.82 | 45.12–50.52 | 43.18 | 38.79–47.69 |
| Female | 52.74 | 50.32–55.14 | 52.18 | 49.48–54.88 | 56.82 | 52.31–61.21 |
| Self-rated health* | ||||||
| Good-excellent | 85.06 | 83.33–86.64 | 85.97 | 84.15–87.60 | 78.38 | 74.68–81.68 |
| Poor-fair | 14.94 | 13.36–16.67 | 14.03 | 12.40–15.85 | 21.62 | 18.32–25.32 |
| Self-efficacy (Low)* | ||||||
| No | 63.85 | 61.09–66.52 | 64.39 | 61.36–67.31 | 59.87 | 54.91–64.62 |
| Yes | 36.15 | 33.48–38.91 | 35.61 | 32.69–38.64 | 40.13 | 35.38–45.09 |
| Education* | ||||||
| Low | 23.93 | 21.37–26.70 | 21.71 | 18.87–24.85 | 40.25 | 34.55–46.24 |
| High | 76.07 | 73.30–78.63 | 78.29 | 75.15–81.13 | 59.75 | 53.76–65.45 |
| Income* | ||||||
| Low | 38.46 | 35.24–41.78 | 35.90 | 32.41–39.55 | 57.26 | 50.31–63.93 |
| High | 61.54 | 58.22–64.76 | 64.10 | 60.45–67.59 | 42.74 | 36.07–49.69 |
| Stressful life events (any)* | ||||||
| No | 38.61 | 36.60–40.65 | 38.49 | 36.34–40.69 | 39.45 | 35.45–43.60 |
| Yes | 61.39 | 59.35–63.40 | 61.51 | 59.31–63.66 | 60.55 | 56.40–64.55 |
| Obesity* | ||||||
| No | 85.54 | 83.76–87.14 | 86.48 | 84.47–88.27 | 78.56 | 74.50–82.13 |
| Yes | 14.46 | 12.86–16.24 | 13.52 | 11.73–15.53 | 21.44 | 17.87–25.50 |
| High depressive symptoms* | ||||||
| No | 87.25 | 85.32–88.95 | 88.43 | 86.36–90.22 | 78.57 | 74.89–81.85 |
| Yes | 12.75 | 11.05–14.68 | 11.57 | 9.78–13.64 | 21.43 | 18.15–25.11 |
| Smoking* | ||||||
| No | 69.59 | 66.83–72.23 | 70.35 | 67.34–73.19 | 64.05 | 58.54–69.21 |
| Yes | 30.41 | 27.77–33.17 | 29.65 | 26.81–32.66 | 35.95 | 30.79–41.46 |
| Drinking* | ||||||
| No | 39.98 | 36.73–43.33 | 38.49 | 35.15–41.95 | 50.93 | 45.37–56.47 |
| Yes | 60.02 | 56.67–63.27 | 61.51 | 58.05–64.85 | 49.07 | 43.53–54.63 |
*
p < 0.05 for all comparisons between blacks and whites