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. 2021 Jul 9;56(6):562–572. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab060

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.