TABLE 1. Distribution of Background Characteristics, Psychosocial Stressors, and Psychosocial Resources: National Survey of American Life (n = 5493), February 2001 to March 2003.

	Unweighted No. (Weighted % ±SE)	Mean ±SE (Range)
Self-rated oral health
Fair or poor	1537 (28.08 ±1.57)
Good, very good, or excellent (ref)	3956 (71.92 ±1.57)
Model 1: background
Age, y
18-29	1302 (23.29 ±1.77)
30-44	1969 (34.75 ±1.21)
45-59	1314 (24.96 ±1.21)
> 59	908 (17.00 ±1.16)
Education
Less than high school	1218 (19.41 ±1.5)
High school diploma or more (ref)	4275 (80.59 ±1.5)
Gender
Men	2107 (46.29 ±1.2)
Women (ref)	3386 (53.71 ±1.2)
Income, $
< 12 000	1048 (15.5 ±0.89)
12 001-19 999	1084 (15.8 ±1.1)
22 000-34 999	1106 (18.4 ±1.2)
35 000-53 999	1116 (22.4 ±1.1)
> 54 000 (ref)	1139 (27.9 ±2.5)
Household size		2.65 ±0.05 (1-7)
Race/ethnicity
Black American (ref)	3247 (46.44 ±3.1)
Caribbean Black	1427 (3.4 ±0.3)
Non-Hispanic White	819 (50.16 ±3.3)
Model 2: psychosocial stressors
Depression
During past 12 mo	309 (6.72 ±0.47)
No depression (ref)	5184 (93.28 ±0.47)
No. material hardships		0.82 ±0.03 (0-8)
Employment status
Unemployed	511 (7.4 ±0.73)
Employed/not in labor force (ref)	4982 (92.62 ±0.73)
Everyday Discrimination Scale score		4.92 ±0.03 (1-6)
Chronic Stress score		1.56 ±0.04 (0-6)
Financial Stress score		3.84 ±0.06 (2-9)
Neighborhood crime
Frequent	1006 (15.66 ±1.13)
Infrequent (ref)	4487 (84.34 ±1.13)
Neighborhood drug problems
Drug problems exist	2068 (32.25 ±1.8)
Few drug problems (ref)	3425 (67.75 ±1.8)
Model 3: psychosocial resources
Self-Esteem Scale score		16.07 ±0.04 (4-24)
Mastery Scale score		18.49 ±0.09 (7-28)
Church attendance
Regular	2101 (34.38 ±1.34)
Less than once per week (ref)	3392 (65.62 ±1.34)
Importance of religion scale score		3.53 ±0.04 (1-4)
No. neighborhood resources		4.7 ±0.11 (0-7)