Table 2.
Bivariate relationships between study variables and race/ethnicity.
African Americans |
Black Caribbeans |
Non-Hispanic Whites |
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% (M) | N (S.D.) | % (M) | N (S.D.) | % (M) | N (S.D.) | X2/F | |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 42.4 | 170 | 49.4 | 68 | 45.4 | 84 | 0.4 |
Female | 57.6 | 286 | 50.6 | 99 | 54.6 | 155 | |
Age | 66.22 | 8.38 | 64.51 | 8.06 | 66.52 | 8.6 | 1.31 |
Income | 35498 | 40646 | 44520 | 33092 | 41539 | 49425 | 0.95 |
Education | 11.83 | 3.51 | 11.91 | 3.33 | 12.75 | 2.7 | 2.52 |
Marital Status | |||||||
Unmarried | 62.6 | 324 | 46.1 | 96 | 49.6 | 150 | 5.18** |
Married | 37.4 | 132 | 53.9 | 71 | 50.4 | 89 | |
Insurance Status | |||||||
No Insurance | 7.5 | 38 | 7.2 | 14 | 3.7 | 12 | 7.91*** |
Public coverage | 33.7 | 174 | 26.2 | 38 | 15.4 | 39 | |
Private coverage | 58.8 | 244 | 66.6 | 115 | 80.9 | 188 | |
Religious Service Attendance | 4.17 | 1.22 | 4.14 | 1.34 | 3.83 | 1.41 | 7.99*** |
Type of Problem | |||||||
Physical | 22.9 | 94 | 24.1 | 36 | 19 | 44 | 21.94* |
Interpersonal | 17.6 | 86 | 15.3 | 36 | 29.2 | 58 | |
Emotional | 11.2 | 43 | 28.4 | 16 | 16.3 | 37 | |
Bereavement | 34.4 | 157 | 19.9 | 34 | 24.1 | 64 | |
Economic | 14 | 59 | 12.4 | 36 | 11.5 | 28 | |
Professional Service Use | |||||||
Any Professional | 52.4 | 240 | 42.2 | 70 | 67.5 | 152 | 10.85*** |
# of Professionals | 0.89 | 1.08 | 0.81 | 1.03 | 1.34 | 1.24 | 6.82** |
Type of professional | |||||||
Psychiatrist | 8.6 | 36 | 13.8 | 10 | 15.2 | 30 | 3.09* |
Other mental health | 8.4 | 37 | 13.8 | 10 | 21.2 | 38 | 6.52** |
Family Doctor | 31.8 | 146 | 18.2 | 40 | 37.1 | 78 | 2.06 |
Clergy | 26.8 | 130 | 20.9 | 36 | 34.2 | 88 | 2.74 |
Percents are weighted; frequencies are unweighted. M= Mean, S.D. = Standard Deviation
Percents and N’s are presented for categorical variables.
Means and Standard Deviations are presented for continuous variables.
Rao-Scott X2 is used with categorical Variables and F test is used with continuous variables.
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