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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study sample, MH-GRIDa, N = 376

From: Association of active coping to unfair treatment with perceived stress and depressive symptoms in African Americans: mh-grid study

Characteristics

%

Mean (stdb)

Age, years

 

45.84 (6.68)

Sex

 Women

237 (63.03%)

 

 Men

139 (36.97%)

 

Education

 ≤ 12 years or GEDc

138 (36.70%)

 

 Some college or technical college

114 (30.32%)

 

 College graduate or higher

124 (32.98%)

 

Marital Status

 Unmarried

233 (61.97%)

 

 Married

143 (38.03%)

 

Employment status

 Unemployed

144 (38.30%)

 

 Employed

232 (61.70%)

 

Hypertension, mmHg

 No

141 (37.50%)

 

 Yes

235 (62.50%)

 

How do you respond if treated unfairly?

 Talk to Someone About It

323 (85.90%)

 

 Keep It To Themselves

53(14.10%)

 

Perceived Stress Scale

 

21.78 (8.70)

Depression Scale

 

12.47 (10.63)

  1. aMH-GRID Minority Health Genomics and Translational Research Bio-Repository Database
  2. bSTD standard deviation
  3. cGED Graduate Equivalency Diploma