Spiritual Perspectives and Comfort Levels of African American Families and Mental Health Nurses within the Context of Depression : Table 2

Table 2: Demographic Characteristics of the Sample.
Note: ^a N = 30. ^b N = 30 ^a Seventeen participants self-reported depression only, represents 17 families. ^a Forty-six participants reported ^a family member with depression and represents all 30 families. ^b Two self-reported depression. All of the total numbers does not add up to 100% due to missing data.

	AA Families^a		Mental Health Nurse^b
	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	40	63.5	27	90.0
Male	20	31.7	3	10.0
Missing	3	4.8
Race
African American	61	96.8	14	46.7
Caucasian			13	43.3
Other	2	3.2	3	10.0
Missing
Religious Affiliation
Yes	52	82.5	28	93.3
No	11	17.5	2	6.7
Age
33 years or below	22	34.9	3	10.0
34 years or above	41	65.1	27	90.0
Education
High School Diploma	29	46.0
L.P.N.			2	6.7
Diploma R.N.			1	3.3
A.D.	20	31.7	5	16.7
B.S./B.A.	8	12.7	10	33.3
M.S./M.A.	6	9.5	8	26.7
Ph.D.			4	13.3
Self-report history per family or nurse of Depression only: Yes	17	27.0	2	6.6
Family member with depression only: Yes	46	73.0	1	3.3
Missing			27	90.0