Table 2.
Ethnicity and depression symptom scores | Mental health knowledge | Stigma behavior | Mental health service use for personal problems | Mental health service use for suicidal ideation | ||||||||
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Average | SD | p-Value | Average | SD | p-Value | Average | SD | p-Value | Average | SD | p-Value | |
African American—high depression, n = 145 | 17.2 | 3.8 | 0.127 | 12.2 | 3.2 | 0.036* | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.508 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.695 |
African American—low depression, n = 58 | 16.5 | 3.7 | 13.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | ||||
Black immigrant—high depression, n = 34 | 17.5 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 | ||||
Black immigrant—low depression, n = 32 | 15.8 | 2.0 | 11.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
p-values for differences in mean scores using ANOVA and Chi-square for categorical variables. We defined Low depression as minimal to mild depression (0–9) and high depression as moderate to severe and severe depression (10–27). Statistically significant values (p < 0.05)*