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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in the Chicago community adult health study, 2001–03 (N = 3,105)

From: Interpersonal discrimination and depressive symptomatology: examination of several personality-related characteristics as potential confounders in a racial/ethnic heterogeneous adult sample

 

No.

%

Mean, (SE)

Age, years

  

42.47 (0.42)

Sex

   

 Male

1,471

47.38%

 

 Female

1,634

52.62%

 

Race/Ethnicity

   

 Hispanics

801

25.81%

 

 Non-Hispanic Whites

1,191

38.36%

 

 Non-Hispanic Blacks

996

32.07%

 

 Non-Hispanic Others

117

3.77%

 

Annual Household Income

   

 0-4 K

280

9.02%

 

 5 K-9 K

234

7.55%

 

 10 K-29 K

860

27.68%

 

 30 K-49 K

648

20.88%

 

 50 K+

1083

34.86%

 

Educational Status

   

 < 12 years

727

23.42%

 

 12 years

738

23.75%

 

 > 12 years

1,640

52.83%

 

Employment Status

   

 Not Employed

1,107

35.64%

 

 Employed

1,998

64.36%

 

Marital Status

   

 Not Married

1,807

58.19%

 

 Married

1,298

41.81%

 

Nativity Status

   

 Foreign Born

835

26.89%

 

 Born in US

2,270

73.11%

 

Major Stress

  

2.36 (0.04)

Chronic Illness

  

1.13 (0.04)

  1. Abbreviations: SE standard error, US United States.
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