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| GH < 5 () | GHQ ≥ 5 () | value |
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| Demographic characteristics | | | |
| Age (Standard deviation, SD) | 30.2 | 30 | 0.12 |
| Years of Education | 12.7 | 12 | 0.003 |
| Percentage with college degree | 13.83 | 8.56 | 0.02 |
| Number of assets | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.0003 |
| Average family income | $33505 | $29790 | 0.09 |
| Average personal income | $16487 | $12520 | <0.001 |
| Number of children | 1.47 | 1.60 | 0.18 |
| Percentage married | 34.32 | 29.56 | 0.16 |
| Age at first child’s birth | 21.4 | 20.7 | 0.04 |
| Percent black | 77.40 | 84.29 | 0.01 |
| Percent home ownership | 26.4 | 20.6 | 0.06 |
| Health characteristics | | | |
| BMI | 26.1 | 27.3 | 0.009 |
| Percent current smoker | 41.5 | 52.2 | 0.003 |
| Percent current drinker | 85.5 | 83.8 | 0.62 |
| Percent with very good/excellent self-reported health | 65.2 | 32.1 | <0.001 |
| Adult neighborhood characteristics | | | |
| Median household income | $29829 | $30075 | 0.79 |
| Percent african american | 64.9 | 55.8 | 0.001 |
| Percent poor neighborhood | 54.3 | 51.8 | 0.51 |
| Percent reporting crime concerns | 33.08 | 35.45 | 0.49 |
| Psychological characteristics | | | |
| Total GHQ-28 score | 1.0 | 9.4 | <0.001 |
| GHQ depression | 0.36 | 3.8 | <0.001 |
| GHQ anxiety | .04 | 1.0 | <0.001 |
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