Table 2.
Descriptives for key variables for the complete sample and each age cohort
| Complete sample | Younger cohort (N = 664; % wtd = 61.81) | Middle cohort (N = 369; % wtd = 20.71) | Older cohort (N = 474; % wtd = 17.48) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | Est. Pop. M | SE | M | SD | Est. Pop. M | SE | M | SD | Est. Pop. M | SE | M | SD | Est. Pop. M | SE | |
| 1. Healthcare stereotype threat | 2.57 | 1.07 | 2.62 | .03 | 2.66a | 1.08 | 2.64 | .05 | 2.65b | 1.03 | 2.69 | .06 | 2.40a,b | 1.06 | 2.45 | .06 |
| 2. Felt stigma | 2.66 | .94 | 2.71 | .03 | 2.66 | .95 | 2.72 | .04 | 2.66 | .95 | 2.70 | .05 | 2.67 | .94 | 2.69 | .05 |
| 3. Bad physical health days | 5.41 | 7.58 | 5.43 | .23 | 4.74c,d | 6.12 | 4.87 | .29 | 5.28d | 7.51 | 5.92 | .52 | 6.45 | 9.22 | 6.87 | .52 |
| 4. Health diagnoses | 1.08 | 1.28 | .93 | .03 | .61c,e | .82 | .62 | .04 | 1.11e,f | 1.26 | 1.18 | .09 | 1.71c,f | 1.51 | 1.73 | .08 |
| 5. Psychological distress | 7.66 | 5.46 | 8.83 | 0.18 | 9.83c,e | 5.29 | 10.20 | .24 | 6.89e,f | 4.96 | 7.65 | .37 | 5.22c,f | 4.85 | 5.39 | .26 |
| 6. Life satisfaction | 4.32 | 1.63 | 4.15 | .05 | 4.15a | 1.52 | 4.04 | .07 | 4.37 | 1.69 | 4.18 | .11 | 4.52a | 1.71 | 4.50 | .09 |
a p < .05 for comparison between Younger and Older;
b p < .01 for comparison between Younger and Middle;
c p < .001 for comparison between Younger and Older;
d p < .05 for comparison between Younger and Middle;
e p < .001 for comparison between Younger and Middle;
f p < .001 for comparison between Middle and Older. All comparisons control for sex assigned at birth, race/ethnicity, education, and poverty classification.