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

Table 4

Comparison of participant characteristics by anxiety status.

	Anxiety scale < 4 (𝑛=811)	Anxiety scale ≥ 4 (𝑛=175)	𝑃 value
Demographic characteristics
Age (Standard deviation, SD)	30.13 (1.50)	29.96 (1.42)	0.18
Years of education	12.6 (3.7)	11.9 (2.2)	0.014
Percentage with college degree	13.19	8.00	0.058
Number of assets	2.76 (2.18)	1.90 (1.99)	<0.0001
Average family income	33,654 (23317)	26325 (19429)	0.0056
Average personal income	15917 (12564)	12336 (10009)	0.0026
Number of children	1.47 (1.32)	1.72 (1.22)	0.028
Percentage married	34.17	26.75	0.071
Age at first child’s birth	21.39 (3.86)	20.13 (3.48)	0.0007
Percent black	83.60	76.00	0.017
Health characteristics
BMI	26.37	27.00	0.25
Percent current smoker	42.9	52.9	0.021
Percent current drinker	85.18	83.96	0.76
Percent with very good/excellent self-reported health	60.03	33.76	<0.001
Adult neighborhood characteristics
Median household income	30,001 (12751)	29425 (11030)	0.61
Percent african american	63.56 (36.7)	55.85 (39.2)	0.023
Percent poor neighborhood	55.54	53.79	0.955
Percent reporting crime concerns	32.91	38.16	0.210
Psychological characteristics
Total GHQ-28 score	1.83	11.21	<0.0001