Table 4

 Age adjusted mean differences in CES-D scores by individual level socioeconomic indicators and block group characteristics before and after adjustment for each other. White people

White menWhite women
Model with age, neighbourhood score+ educationModel with age, neighbourhood score + incomeModel with age, neighbourhood score + income + educationModel with age, neighbourhood score+ educationModel with age, neighbourhood score + incomeModel with age, neighbourhood score + income + education
*p Values for trend obtained by including categories as an ordinal covariate in regression equations. †Because of differences in the distribution of income in white and black people, the two lower categories are combined in white subjects and the two highest categories are combined in black subjects.
Race specific quartiles of neighbourhood score
Q1: Lowest1.64 (0.68)0.65 (0.71)0.53 (0.73)2.08 (0.73)0.97 (0.76)0.61 (0.78)
Q20.48 (0.67)−0.23 (0.69)−0.29 (0.70)1.16 (0.71)0.74 (0.71)0.48 (0.72)
Q30.41 (0.67)0.08 (0.67)0.02 (0.67)0.94 (0.69)0.56 (0.69)0.42 (0.69)
Q4: HighestReferenceReferenceReferencereferencereferencereference
p trend across quartiles*0.020.40.60.0060.20.4
Individual level income†
<16000
16000–349993.20 (0.68)3.12 (0.70)4.16 (0.71)3.79 (0.73)
35000–499991.69 (0.71)1.62 (0.72)1.36 (0.75)1.12 (0.76)
50000–749991.21 (0.66)1.21 (0.69)1.30 (0.69)1.20 (0.69)
75000+ReferenceReferencereferenceReference
p trend across categories*0.00010.00010.00010.0001
Individual level education
High school diploma or less1.12 (0.68)0.57 (0.69)2.80 (0.77)2.00 (0.77)
1–3 years college0.47 (0.67)−0.05 (0.68)0.78 (0.72)0.36 (0.71)
4 years college−0.37 (0.62)−0.62 (0.62)0.42 (0.62)0.34 (0.61)
Some graduate schoolReferenceReferencereferenceReference
p trend across categories*0.060.30.00070.02