Table 1.
Demographics and COVID-related employment and health variables among Asian, black, and Latinx adults.
|
Asian
N = 114 (28.43%) |
Black
N = 141 (35.16%) |
Latinx
N = 146 (36.41%) |
Total
N = 401 |
Chi-square (df) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| frequency (%) | frequency (%) | frequency (%) | frequency (%) | |||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–25 | 37 (32.46) | 16 (11.35) | 31 (21.23) | 84 (20.95) | 17.97 (2) | <0.001 |
| > 25 | 77 (67.54) | 125 (88.65) | 115 (78.77) | 317 (79.05) | ||
| Gender | 2.20 (4) | 0.70 | ||||
| Male | 31 (27.19) | 37 (26.24) | 49 (33.56) | 117 (29.18) | ||
| Female | 81 (71.05) | 102 (72.34) | 95 (65.07) | 278 (69.33) | ||
| Gender minority | 2 (1.75) | 2 (1.42) | 2 (1.37) | 6 (1.50) | ||
| Household income | 14.34 (4) | 0.006 | ||||
| < $20,000 | 16 (14.04) | 21 (14.89) | 15 (10.27) | 52 (12.97) | ||
| $20,000–$50,000 | 21 (18.42) | 52 (36.88) | 37 (25.34) | 110 (27.43) | ||
| >50,000 | 77 (67.54) | 68 (48.23) | 94 (64.38) | 239 (59.60) | ||
| Education | 36.66 (6) | <0.001 | ||||
| High school or technical/vocational school or less | 4 (3.51) | 20 (14.18) | 12 (8.22) | 36 (8.98) | ||
| Some college | 12 (10.53) | 45 (31.91) | 45 (30.82) | 102 (25.44) | ||
| Bachelor's degree | 65 (57.02) | 47 (33.33) | 47 (32.19) | 159 (39.65) | ||
| Graduate degree | 33 (28.95) | 29 (20.57) | 42 (28.77) | 104 (25.94) | ||
| COVID-19 health risk | ||||||
| Obesity | 9 (7.89) | 39 (27.66) | 34 (23.29) | 82 (20.45) | 16.28 (2) | <0.001 |
| High blood pressure | 9 (7.89) | 35 (24.82) | 18 (12.33) | 62 (15.46) | 15.54 (2) | <0.001 |
| Lung disease | 3 (2.63) | 12 (8.51) | 8 (5.48) | 23 (5.74) | 4.06 (2) | 0.13 |
| Diabetes | 6 (5.26) | 7 (4.96) | 5 (3.42) | 18 (4.49) | 0.62 (2) | 0.73 |
| Heart or artery diseases | 4 (3.51) | 2 (1.42) | 1 (0.68) | 7 (1.75) | 3.11 (2) | 0.21 |
| Cancer | 2 (1.75) | 2 (1.42) | 1 (0.68) | 5 (1.25) | 0.65 (2) | 0.73 |
| HIV or AIDS | 0 (0.00) | 2 (1.42) | 1 (0.68) | 3 (0.75) | 1.74 (2) | 0.42 |
| At least one of the above medical problems | 21 (18.42) | 66 (46.81) | 50 (34.25) | 137 (34.16) | 22.59 (2) | <0.001 |
| Employment changes due to pandemic | 85 (74.56) | 96 (68.09) | 106 (72.60) | 287 (71.57) | 1.84 (2) | 0.40 |
| Housing changes due to pandemic | 29 (25.44) | 46 (32.62) | 54 (36.99) | 129 (32.17) | 3.93 (2) | 0.14 |
| PHQ-9 | ||||||
| ≥ Moderate depression | 32 (28.07) | 26 (18.44) | 52 (35.62) | 110 (27.43) | 10.66 (2) | 0.004 |
| GAD-7 | ||||||
| ≥ Moderate anxiety | 33 (28.95) | 39 (27.66) | 45 (30.82) | 117 (29.18) | 0.35 (2) | 0.84 |
Mean Age for all participants = 35.54, SD = 11.01, range = 18–72 (M for Asian = 32.19, SD = 10.52, range = 19–72; M for Black = 38.04, SD = 10.87, range = 18–68; M for Latinx = 35.74, SD = 10.92, range = 18–69).
Bold values represent statistically significant results.