Table 2.

Bivariate relationships between study variables and race/ethnicity.

	African Americans		Black Caribbeans		Non-Hispanic Whites
	% (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

^aPercents 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.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001