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Table 1 Means and frequencies for all variables included in the study across New York City boroughs

From: The geography of post-disaster mental health: spatial patterning of psychological vulnerability and resilience factors in New York City after Hurricane Sandy

 

NYC

Manhattan

Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

Staten Island

 

M/% (SE)

N

M/% (SE)

N

M/% (SE)

N

M/% (SE)

N

M/% (SE)

N

M/% (SE)

N

Age

50.23 (.84)

--

49.95 (1.59)

--

48.54 (3.07)

--

49.53 (1.76)

--

50.93 (1.74)

--

52.46 (1.99)

--

Female

62.2% (.02)

260

55.2 (.04)

69

64.9% (.08)

24

59.4% (.05)

57

68.8% (.05)

64

68.7% (.06)

46

Asian

5.3% (.01)

22

9.6% (.03)

12

2.7% (.03)

1

4.2% (.02)

4

3.2% (.02)

3

3% (.02)

2

Non-Hispanic Black

18.7% (.02)

78

13.6% (.03)

17

40.5% (.08)

15

15.6% (.04)

15

29% (.05)

27

6% (.03)

4

Hispanic

19.1% (.02)

80

31.2% (.04)

39

29.7% (.08)

11

8.3% (.03)

8

15.1% (.04)

14

11.9% (.04)

8

Other ethnicity

6.5% (.01)

27

7.2% (.02)

9

8.1% (.05)

3

8.3% (.03)

8

5.4% (.02)

5

3% (.02)

2

High school education or less

25.4% (.02)

106

21.6% (.04)

27

37.8% (.08)

14

21.9% (.04)

21

24.7$ (.05)

23

31.3% (.06)

21

Employed

54.8% (.02)

229

56.8% (.05)

71

45.9% (.08)

17

55.2% (.05)

53

60.2% (.05)

56

47.8% (.06)

32

Married or cohabitating

43.5% (.02)

182

36.8% (.04)

46

45.9% (.08)

17

41.7% (.05)

40

50.5% (.05)

47

47.8% (.06)

32

Parent, living with child at time of Sandy

21.8% (.02)

91

14.4% (.03)

18

24.3% (.07)

9

24% (.04)

23

23.7% (.04)

22

28.4% (.06)

19

Experienced or witnessed trauma in addition to Sandy

49.3% (.03)

206

53.6% (.05)

67

23.2% (.08)

16

51% (.05)

49

48.4% (.05)

45

43.3% (.06)

29

Number of Sandy-related trauma

.06 (.01)

--

.05 (.02)

--

.05 (.04)

--

.1 (.04)

--

.05 (.03)

--

.05 (.03)

--

Number of Sandy-related stressors

.64 (.05)

--

.02 (.05)

--

.29 (.09)

--

.73 (.11)

--

.12 (.15)

--

.69 (.12)

--

Posttraumatic stress (PCL-5 severity score)

7.12 (.55)

--

5.12 (.76)

--

7.81 (1.93)

--

7.75 (1.43)

--

9.61 (1.33)

--

6.08 (.93)

--

Depression (PHQ-9 severity score)

3.25 (.23)

--

3.06 (.39)

--

3.46 (.94)

--

3.28 (.49)

--

3.99 (.55)

--

2.42 (.49)

--

Total N

 

418

 

125

 

37

 

96

 

93

 

67

  1. PCL-5 = Posttraumatic Stress Checklist for DSM-5. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9.