Table 1.
Changes in Poor Mental Health Between Each Month and October 2016 Stratified by Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and State Group
| Unadjusted mean days of poor mental health, October 2016 (reference) | Adjusted change in days versus October 2016 (SE) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | State group | November 2016 | December 2016 | January 2017 | February 2017 | March 2017 | April 2017 | May 2017 | |
| Age group | |||||||||
| Age 18–34 | Clinton | 4.24 | 0.37 (0.39) | 0.63 (0.41) | 0.14 (0.41) | 0.22 (0.40) | 0.06 (0.42) | 0.77 (0.46) | 0.74 (0.45) |
| Trump | 4.90 | − 0.19 (0.39) | − 0.08 (0.38) | − 0.15 (0.41) | 0.07 (0.40) | − 0.50 (0.37) | 0.30 (0.39) | 0.16 (0.35) | |
| Age 35–54 | Clinton | 3.58 | − 0.18 (0.27) | 0.38 (0.28) | − 0.16 (0.27) | 0.36 (0.30) | 0.32 (0.32) | 0.17 (0.32) | − 0.04 (0.28) |
| Trump | 4.27 | 0.10 (0.29) | − 0.39 (0.29) | − 0.15 (0.31) | − 0.20 (0.32) | 0.10 (0.30) | 0.24 (0.31) | 0.48 (0.32) | |
| Age 55–64 | Clinton | 3.31 | 0.25 (0.34) | 0.45 (0.44) | 0.60 (0.39) | 0.47 (0.40) | 0.55 (0.37) | 1.02 (0.47)* | 0.33 (0.38) |
| Trump | 3.87 | 0.63 (0.35) | − 0.15 (0.30) | − 0.53 (0.31) | 0.44 (0.55) | − 0.22 (0.35) | 0.06 (0.33) | 0.62 (0.38) | |
| Age 65+ | Clinton | 2.04 | 0.23 (0.22) | 0.53 (0.25)* | 0.58 (0.29)* | 0.45 (0.33) | 0.40 (0.28) | − 0.07 (0.23) | 0.58 (0.28)* |
| Trump | 2.35 | 0.18 (0.26) | 0.05 (0.24) | 0.05 (0.28) | 0.29 (0.32) | 0.01 (0.26) | 0.24 (0.27) | 0.33 (0.26) | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | Clinton | 2.82 | 0.11 (0.21) | 0.34 (0.23) | 0.14 (0.23) | 0.12 (0.21) | 0.34 (0.24) | 0.58 (0.25)* | 0.60 (0.24)* |
| Trump | 3.41 | 0.00 (0.23) | − 0.24 (0.23) | − 0.50 (0.24)* | 0.16 (0.27) | − 0.30 (0.24) | 0.04 (0.24) | 0.28 (0.23) | |
| Female | Clinton | 3.85 | 0.18 (0.24) | 0.66 (0.26)* | 0.29 (0.26) | 0.61 (0.29)* | 0.31 (0.28) | 0.33 (0.29) | 0.24 (0.27) |
| Trump | 4.43 | 0.25 (0.24) | − 0.07 (0.23) | 0.14 (0.26) | 0.11 (0.29) | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.41 (0.25) | 0.47 (0.24) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| White | Clinton | 3.29 | 0.28 (0.17) | 0.74 (0.19)*** | 0.16 (0.19) | 0.53 (0.20)** | 0.56 (0.20)** | 0.60 (0.21)** | 0.81 (0.20)*** |
| Trump | 3.76 | 0.23 (0.17) | 0.02 (0.17) | − 0.05 (0.18) | 0.12 (0.18) | 0.09 (0.18) | 0.24 (0.17) | 0.60 (0.18)*** | |
| Black | Clinton | 4.13 | − 0.12 (0.58) | − 0.40 (0.56) | 0.61 (0.71) | − 0.07 (0.60) | − 0.36 (0.59) | − 0.40 (0.64) | − 0.76 (0.60) |
| Trump | 4.12 | 0.24 (0.49) | 0.06 (0.51) | − 0.16 (0.50) | − 0.06 (0.55) | − 0.32 (0.49) | 0.89 (0.55) | 0.18 (0.50) | |
| Hispanic | Clinton | 3.37 | 0.13 (0.50) | 0.35 (0.50) | 0.40 (0.51) | − 0.39 (0.51) | 0.06 (0.57) | 0.47 (0.55) | − 0.30 (0.50) |
| Trump | 3.86 | 0.24 (0.77) | − 1.11 (0.68) | − 0.63 (0.78) | 0.91 (0.95) | − 0.33 (0.71) | 0.47 (0.73) | − 0.01 (0.67) | |
| Other/unknown race | Clinton | 3.07 | − 0.09 (0.42) | 0.59 (0.52) | 0.04 (0.45) | 0.91 (0.60) | 0.05 (0.50) | 0.48 (0.63) | 0.48 (0.58) |
| Trump | 5.73 | − 1.43 (0.78) | − 0.87 (0.80) | − 1.00 (0.86) | − 1.22 (0.91) | − 1.56 (0.77)* | − 1.60 (0.77)* | − 0.95 (0.79) | |
Linear regression adjusted for age group, sex, race/ethnicity, income, educational attainment, state, and 6 months of pre-November trends
SE standard error. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001