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Table. 2 Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations among primary study variables

From: Stressful life events among incarcerated women and men: Association with depression, loneliness, hopelessness, and suicidality

 

N (%)

M (SD)

Actual Range

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

Variable

 1. Gender (man)

112 (70.0%)

 

0–1

.13

−.09

.03

.03

.33***

.08

.11

−.26**

.10

.06

.23**

.19*

.12

 2. Age

 

40.0 (10.3)

20–61

–

.16*

−.46***

.24**

.25**

−.18*

−.18*

−.04

−.09

−.07

−.02

.09

.08

 3. Race (white)

100 (62.5%)

 

0–1

 

–

−.20*

.20*

−.11

−.06

−.01

−.05

−.06

.07

.01

.10

.13

 4. Never married

94 (58.8%)

    

–

−.20*

.04

.15

.23**

.08

.03

−.02

−.00

.00

−.00

 5. Prior arrests

 

12.7 (17.4)

0–100

   

–

−.09

−.04

−.05

−.25**

−.01

.04

.11

.15

.16

 6. Months incarcerated

 

78.0 (88.6)

0–488.5

    

–

−.19*

−.18*

.08

−.15

−.07

−.12

−.07

.03

 7. Stressful events

 

3.9 (2.7)

0–13

     

–

.80***

−.10

.18*

.15

.26**

.16*

.23**

 8. Incarceration-specific stressful events

 

1.5 (1.6)

0–8

      

–

−.06

.17*

.12

.34***

.18*

.19*

 9. Perceived social support

 

51.8 (18.6)

12–84

       

–

−.27**

−.25**

−.47***

−.48***

−.39***

 10. Depression (HRSD)

 

25.6 (7.2)

3–27

        

–

.62***

.38***

.49***

.36***

 11. Depression (QIDS)

 

13.1 (4.1)

11–43

         

–

.35***

.47***

.38***

 12. Hopelessness

 

8.0 (5.9)

0–20

          

–

.41***

.29***

 13. Loneliness

 

29.6 (6.1)

15–40

           

–

.48***

 14. Suicidality

 

3.0 (4.5)

0–21

            

–

  1. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001