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Table 3 Frequency of Variables Stratified by Self-Reported Health

From: A retrospective assessment of metropolitan religious adherence rate, individual and neighborhood social capital and their impact on women’s health

 

Health Status

 

Favorable

Unfavorable

 

Freq.

Mean

Freq.

Mean

Freq.

Mean

Total

2826

 

82.7%

 

17.3%

 

Social Capital Measures

Community Level

  Religious Adherence

100.0%

61.76

82.7%

61.96

17.3%

60.82

Individual Level

  Social Support and Trust

93.6%

4.77

93.7%

4.88

92.9%

4.24

  Perceived Neighborhood Social Control

92.3%

3.23

92.5%

3.26

91.2%

3.11

  Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion

92.8%

2.98

93.0%

3.01

92.0%

2.80

  Religious Participation

93.2%

 

36.0%

 

14.5%

 

Explanatory Variables

Community Level

  Unemployment

100.0%

0.10

82.7%

0.106

17.3%

0.124

  Disadvantage Index

100.0%

0.50

82.7%

0.479

17.3%

0.602

Individual Level

  Health t-1

80.5%

 

71.0%

 

9.5%

 

  Nonsmoker

64.9%

 

55.7%

 

9.1%

 

  Age

100.0%

34.3

82.7%

34.37

17.3%

34.13

  Employed

56.7%

 

49.4%

 

7.3%

 

  Married

30.3%

 

24.9%

 

3.7%

 

  Cohabitating

55.1%

 

46.2%

 

8.9%

 

  Race

   White

19.3%

 

16.9%

 

2.4%

 

   Black

52.4%

 

43.0%

 

9.4%

 

   Hispanic

24.9%

 

20.0%

 

5.0%

 

   Other

3.1%

 

2.7%

 

0.5%

 

  Poverty

40.4%

 

30.8%

 

9.6%

 

  Income

   Less than $30,000

35.5%

 

27.9%

 

7.6%

 

   $30,000 - $59,999

22.3%

 

19.7%

 

2.6%

 

   $60,000 +

12.3%

 

11.5%

 

0.7%

 

   Missing Income

29.9%

 

23.5%

 

6.4%

 

  Education

   Less than High School

39.8%

 

30.7%

 

9.1%

 

   High School Graduate

26.6%

 

22.0%

 

4.6%

 

   Some College

23.7%

 

20.6%

 

3.1%

 

   College Graduate

9.7%

 

9.3%

 

0.5%

 
  1. Note: Favorable health is considered a Self-Reported health value of 5 (Excellent; n = 589), 4 (Very Good; 868) or 3 (Good; 879), while Unfavorable is comprised of a SRH outcome of 2 (Fair; 427) and 1(Poor; 60). Poverty is defined as having received welfare or food stamps within the last 12 months. The mean is provide for the measures of social capital, Religion rate, Unemployment rate and age