Table 1. Descriptive and bivariate statistics of Black Americans, National Survey of American Life (N = 4045).

	U.S.-born African Americans (n = 2957)	U.S.-born Caribbean Blacks (n = 339)	Foreign-born Caribbean Blacks (n = 749)	Total (N = 4045)
	%	%	%	%
Male	44.0	44.9	54.6	44.4
Age (mean, SD)***	(40.7, 15.4)	(36.4, 14.5)	(40.6, 13.2)	(40.6, 15.2)
Household income ($1 k; mean, SD)***	(37.8, 29.5)	(54.3, 35.7)	(46.5, 35.1)	(38.5, 31.6)
Material hardship (mean, SD)**a	(1.0, 1.6)	(1.0, 1.7)	(0.9, 1.5)	(1.0, 1.6)
Everyday discrimination (mean, SD)***b	(12.9, 8.8)	(15.2, 8.8)	(11.7, 8.2)	(12.9, 8.8)
Lifetime discrimination (mean, SD)***c	(1.5, 1.7)	(1.8, 1.7)	(1.4, 1.4)	(1.5, 1.6)
Marital status**
Married or cohabiting	41.7	35.7	57.7	42.1
Divorced, separated, or widowed	25.5	18.9	18.4	25.1
Never married	32.9	45.7	23.9	32.8
Self-rated physical health***
Fair/poor	18.8	19.3	12.0	18.6
Good	30.0	37.0	18.3	30.0
Very good	35.5	31.0	36.5	35.5
Excellent	15.7	12.7	33.2	16.2
Region***
Northeast	15.2	53.2	60.3	17.5
Midwest	19.5	6.9	3.2	18.7
South	55.2	22.3	30.3	53.7
West	10.1	17.6	6.3	10.1
Intergenerational mobility
Lower education than parents	15.5	20.3	11.7	15.5
Equal education	41.9	48.9	41.9	42.0
Higher education than parents	42.6	30.8	46.4	42.4
Goal-striving stressd	(10.6, 11.1)	(12.0, 9.5)	(11.3, 10.5)	(10.6, 10.9)

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001

^aMaterial hardship scale ranges from 0 to 8

^bEveryday discrimination scale ranges from 0 to 50

^cLifetime discrimination scale ranges from 0 to 9

^dGoal-striving stress scale ranges from 0/low to 60/high