Table 3.

Social Determinants of Health by Race and Household Income

RaceHousehold Income
Social DeterminantWhite RaceNon-White RaceP ValueBelow MedianAbove MedianP Value
Exercises 3 or more times per week109/249 (43.8)13/31 (41.9)0.846108/227 (47.6)14/48 (29.2)0.020
High levels of stress16/268 (6.0)5/38 (13.2)0.158a20/249 (8.0)2/50 (4.0)0.551a
Attends church115/223 (51.6)22/30 (73.3)0.025119/213 (55.9)15/37 (40.5)0.084
Currently married or has a life partner190/250 (76.0)21/33 (63.6)0.125169/231 (73.2)35/47 (74.5)0.853
Experienced spousal abuse (physical, emotional, or sexual)7/243 (2.9)2/30 (6.7)0.259a8/223 (3.6)1/45 (2.2)1.000a
Financial strain (somewhat hard or worse)47/256 (18.4)11/38 (28.9)0.12650/239 (20.9)8/49 (16.3)0.465
Above high school education145/200 (72.5)18/25 (72.0)0.958133/182 (73.1)27/39 (69.2)0.626
Has any food worry25/256 (9.8)9/36 (25.0)0.022a31/237 (13.1)4/48 (8.3)0.361
Has any transportation problem6/258 (2.3)3/37 (8.1)0.090a8/240 (3.3)1/49 (2.0)1.000a
Drinks alcohol 4 or more days per week122/719 (17.0)7/97 (7.2)0.013117/668 (17.5)10/149 (6.7)0.001
  • aFisher exact test. Fisher exact test was performed when >20% of cells had an expected count <5. Chi-square test was performed in analyses without superscript notation.

  • Notes: Data are presented as number of patients with the social determinant of health/number of eligible respondents (eg, patients responding to the social determinant of health question and with race or household income data available). Statistically significant values are shown in bold.