Table 1.
Participant Sociodemographic and Health Characteristics, by Race.
| Characteristic | Black men |
White men |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | M (SD) | % | M (SD) | ||
| Sociodemographic | |||||
| Age (years) | 54.3 (10.00) | 57.2 (12.06) | .040 | ||
| Married/cohabitating | 62.7 | 83.0 | <.001 | ||
| Educational attainment | |||||
| No high school diploma/GED | 13.6 | 4.7 | .011 | ||
| High school diploma/GED | 66.1 | 46.9 | .006 | ||
| 4-year college degree | 10.2 | 30.6 | <.001 | ||
| Graduate/professional degree | 10.2 | 17.7 | .152 | ||
| Employed | 57.6 | 68.4 | .109 | ||
| Supervisory role, current/last job | 31.6 | 51.9 | .004 | ||
| Decision autonomy, current/last joba | 19.4 (6.27) | 23.0 (4.86) | .001 | ||
| Annual household income, median | $39,000 | $65,250 | <.001 | ||
| Health | |||||
| # medical conditions | 1.46 (1.15) | 1.15 (1.18) | .058 | ||
| Psychological distressb | 1.73 (.81) | 1.51 (.44) | .039 | ||
| Health insurance | 83.3 | 94.4 | .083 | ||
| Total N | 59 (8.5%) | 636 (91.5%) | |||
Note. GED = General Educational Development.
a
adapted Decision Authority Subscale from Karasek & Theorell, (1990). Scores range from 5 (none) to 30 (a great deal). boriginal Negative Affect Scale from Mroczek & Kolarz (1998). Scores range from 1 (none of the time) to 5 (all of the time).