Table 1:

Characteristics of Black and Latino/Hispanic Churches by church size

	Black Churches (B)			Latino/Hispanic Churches (H)			S/M Churches	L Churches
Characteristic (Mean ± s.d.)	S/M (N=74)	L (N=26)	S/M vs L	S/M (N=16)	L (N=26)	S/M vs L	B vs H	B vs H
	%	%	p	%	%	p	p	p
Denomination			.01			.001	.001	.001
Methodist	11%	19%		0%	0%
Catholic	0%	0%		0%	77%
Pentecostal	0%	4%		38%	8%
Baptist	45%	62%		25%	4%
Other	45%	15%		38%	12%
Has health/ wellness ministry	31%	69%	.001	6%	19%	.38	.06	.001
% elderly parishioners	34 ± 27	45 ± 22	.03	31 ± 22	30 ± 17	.96	.88	.007
median	25	45		28	25
range	0–95	10–85		5–70	7–60
% young families	20 ± 18	30 ± 21	.02	33 ± 20	44 ± 21	.11	.01	.02
median	17.5	20		25	40
range	0–80	7–90		10–70	10–85
% commuters	30 ± 30	27 ± 26	.78	31 ± 26	48 ± 23	.02	.373	.001
median	20	15		15	50
range	0–100	0–99		5–100	10–80
Number of paid staff	4 ± 3	10 ± 6	.001	1 ± 1	9 ± 10	.001	.006	.07
median	3	8		1	7
range	0–13	3–35		0–6	1–50
# of wellness activities conducted in last 12 months	1.7 ± 1.4	2.3 ± 1.3	.05	1.8 ± 1.7	3.2 ± 1.6	.02	.95	.03
median	1.5	2		2	3
range	0–5	0–5		0–5	0–5
# of barriers to implement wellness activities	5.0 ± 1.8	4.4 ± 2.0	.27	4.1 ± 2.4	4.0 ± 2.2	.98	.10	.33
median	5	5		4	4
range	1–8	0–8		0–9	0–9

Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables, Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.

S/M = small to medium churches (<200 members); L = large churches (200+ members); B = Black churches; H = Latino/Hispanic churches