Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression among African American and White Women

Table 3

Comparison of participant characteristics by depression status.

	Depression scale < 4 (𝑛=943)	Depression scale ≥ 4 (𝑛=43)	𝑃 value
Demographic characteristics
Age (Standard deviation, SD)	30.11 (1.49)	29.78 (1.44)	0.27
Years of education	12.56 (3.52)	10.92 (2.47)	0.02
Percentage with college degree	12.83	0	0.012
Number of assets	2.67 (2.17)	0.76 (1.45)	<0.0001
Average family income	$32,633 (22945)	$21,300 (14614)	0.14
Average personal income	15,482 (12238)	8591 (10719)	0.02
Number of children	1.50 (1.31)	1.72 (1.4)	0.42
Percentage married	33.62	8.00	0.007
Age at first child’s birth	21.23 (3.83)	18.70 (2.63)	0.006
Percent black	82.61	74.42	0.169
Health characteristics
BMI	26.41 (6.01)	29.15 (10.07)	0.03
Percent current smoker	84.28	100	0.061
Percent current drinker	44.00	64.0	0.047
Percent with very good/excellent self-reported health	56.54	24.00	<0.001
Adult neighborhood characteristics
Median household income	30,045 (12492)	24594 (10335)	0.043
Percent african american	62.32 (37.07)	58.61 (44.12)	0.65
Percent poor neighborhood	53.19	68.18	0.164
Percent reporting crime concerns	33.30	52.17	0.059
Psychological characteristics
Total GHQ-28 score	3.0 (4.03)	17 (4.43)	<0.001