Social and psychological characteristics
| Age-adjusted | ||||||
| South Asian men (n = 776) | White men (n = 606) | Partial η2 | South Asian women (n = 354) | White women (n = 212) | Partial η2 | |
| Social support | 19.0 (0.18) | 20.1 (0.20)***† | 0.01 | 19.7 (0.24) | 20.6 (0.31)* | 0.01 |
| Negative support | 2.88 (0.07) | 2.48 (0.07)***† | 0.01 | 3.13 (0.10) | 2.71 (0.13)*† | 0.01 |
| Social network | 5.30 (0.07) | 4.96 (0.08)**† | 0.01 | 5.53 (0.09) | 5.18 (0.12)*† | 0.01 |
| Depression | 14.5 (0.35) | 11.7 (0.39)***†‡ | 0.02 | 16.2 (0.57) | 12.8 (0.73)***†‡ | 0.03 |
| Optimism | 13.4 (0.11) | 14.1 (0.13)***† | 0.01 | 13.4 (0.19) | 14.4 (0.24)**† | 0.03 |
| Hostility | 13.6 (0.19) | 12.1 (0.21)***† | 0.01 | 13.4 (0.29) | 9.53 (0.37)***† | 0.02 |
| Strength of religious beliefs | 6.99 (0.13) | 5.73 (0.15)***† | 0.03 | 8.38 (0.17) | 5.05 (0.22)***† | 0.20 |
Values are means (SD or SE), % and Partial η2.
Significant ethnic group difference, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
†Significant ethnic group difference remains after adjustment for SES, p<0.05.
‡Significant ethnic group difference remains after adjustment for antidepressant medication.