The Poverty-Related Stress Scale: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure Assessing Poverty-Related Stressors

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of participants.

Item	Category	Study 1: EFA		Study 2: CFA		Study 3: validity
			%		%		%
Sex assigned at birth	Male	96	46.6	184	46.0	108	49.3
	Female	110	53.4	215	53.9	111	50.7
Gender identity	Man	97	47.1	182	45.5	106	48.4
	Woman	107	51.9	211	52.8	111	50.7
	Genderqueer	2	1.0	7	1.8	2	0.9
Age (years)	18-20 years	3	1.5	5	1.3	2	1.4
	21-30 years	72	35.0	154	38.5	54	24.7
	31-40 years	75	36.4	135	33.8	79	36.1
	41-50 years	31	15.0	60	15.0	39	17.8
	51-60 years	18	8.7	29	7.3	29	13.2
	61+ years	7	3.4	14	3.5	15	6.8
Ethnic identity	Caucasian/White	125	60.7	263	65.8	174	79.5
	African American/Black	48	23.3	68	17.0	20	9.1
	Asian/Asian American	18	8.7	34	8.5	13	5.9
	Mexican American/Latino(a)	7	3.4	17	4.3	6	2.7
	American Indian/Native American	3	1.5	0	0.0	1	0.5
	Multiethnic	4	1.9	13	3.3	4	1.8
	Other	1	0.5	5	1.3	1	0.5
Marital status	Single	77	37.4	175	43.8	81	37.0
	Married/partnered	109	52.9	188	47.0	116	53.0
	Separated	1	0.5	3	0.8	0	0.0
	Divorced	16	7.8	28	7.0	16	7.3
	Widowed	1	0.5	5	1.3	6	2.7
Education	Less than high school	0.0	0.0	5	1.3	0.0	0.0
	Some high school	0.0	0.0	14	3.5	1	0.5
	High school diploma/GED	37	18.0	58	14.5	19	8.7
	Some college/vocational school	56	27.2	101	25.3	37	16.9
	Vocational degree	8	3.9	24	6.0	20	9.1
	College degree	72	35.0	152	38.0	114	52.1
	Master’s degree	26	12.6	43	10.8	27	12.3
	Doctoral degree	1	0.5	3	0.8	1	0.5