Table 1.
Distribution of characteristics of African American and Caribbean participants in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL, 2001–2003).
| African American n = 3570 |
Caribbean n = 1621 |
Total N = 5191 |
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| CESD, Mean (SE) | 6.70 (0.19) | 6.40 (0.33) | 6.68 (0.17) |
| K6, Mean (SE) | 3.81 (0.13) | 3.52 (0.11) | 3.79 (0.12) |
| Objective Social Isolation n (%) | |||
| Objective Isolation from Both Family and Friends | 146 (4.24) | 50 (3.30) | 196 (4.17) |
| Objective Isolation from Family Only | 191 (6.05) | 108 (8.30) | 299 (6.21) |
| Objective Isolation from Friends Only | 494 (14.49) | 159 (11.31) | 653 (14.26) |
| Not Objectively Isolated from either group | 2705 (75.22) | 1290 (77.09) | 3995 (75.35) |
| Subjective Social Isolation n (%) | |||
| Subjective Isolation from Both Family and Friends | 74 (2.12) | 35 (2.16) | 109 (2.12) |
| Subjective Isolation from Family Only | 150 (4.34) | 76 (3.16) | 226 (4.25) |
| Subjective Isolation from Friends Only | 388 (10.81) | 186 (11.47) | 574 (10.85) |
| Not Subjectively Isolated from either group | 2843 (82.74) | 1289 (83.21) | 4132 (82.77) |
| Age, Mean (SE) * | 42.33 (0.52) | 40.27 (0.84) | 42.18 (0.49) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Men | 1271 (44.03) | 643 (50.87) | 1914 (44.50) |
| Women | 2299 (55.97) | 978 (49.13) | 3277 (55.50) |
| Marital Status * | |||
| Married | 1222 (41.65) | 693 (50.15) | 1915 (42.25) |
| Unmarried | 2340 (58.35) | 928 (49.85) | 3268 (57.75) |
| Education in Years, Mean (SE) ** | 12.43 (0.09) | 12.89 (0.15) | 12.46 (0.08) |
| Family Income, Mean (SE)** | 36833 (1487.96) | 47044 (3416.81) | 37545 (1403.43) |
| # of Chronic Health Problems(SE)** | 1.28 (0.03) | 1.05 (0.08) | 1.26 (0.02) |
*
p < 0.05
**
p < 0.01
***
p < 0.001
Note: Column total may not sum to total sample size due to missing data.