TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Vietnamese-American Parents and Their Children by Site, at Preintervention (1998) and Postintervention (2000), % (95% CIs)
| Variable | Community Mobilization at Preintervention (Dallas; N = 500) | Community Mobilization at Postintervention (Dallas; N = 513) | Media Education Campaign at Preintervention (Houston; N = 523) | Media Education Campaign at Postintervention (Houston; N = 521) | Control at Preintervention (Washington DC; N = 503) | Control at Postintervention (Washington DC; N = 503) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean year of immigration | 1987 | 1988 | 1985 | 1986 | 1986 | 1987 |
| Speaks English poorly/not-at-all (%)* | 41.2 (36.9,45.6) | 34.1 (30.0,38.2) | 32.9 (28.9,36.9) | 39.7 (35.5,43.9) | 28.4 (24.5,32.3) | 27.9 (24.0,31.8) |
| Education < 12 y (%)*§ | 48.1 (43.7,52.5) | 24.0 (20.3,27.7) | 34.6 (30.5,38.7) | 17.3 (14.1,20.5) | 33.8 (29.7,37.9) | 20.8 (17.3,24.3) |
| Income was below poverty level (%)‡ | 30.4 (26.3,34.4) | 22.6 (19.0,26.2) | 27.7 (23.9,31.5) | 18.4 (15.1,21.7) | 19.7 (16.2,23.2) | 16.1 (12.9,19.3) |
| Employed (%) | 69.8 (65.8,73.8) | 72.9 (69.1,76.7) | 67.3 (63.3,71.3) | 75.6 (71.9,79.3) | 72.4 (68.5,76.3) | 80.3 (76.8,83.8) |
| Married (%) | 86.0 (83.0,89.0) | 87.8 (85.0,90.6) | 87.1 (84.2,90.0) | 89.1 (86.4,91.8) | 83.3 (80.0,86.6) | 87.5 (84.6,90.4) |
| Mean age (y), respondents | 41.2 (22.1,60.3) | 41.5 (19.8,63.2) | 41.6 (22.9,60.3) | 42.6 (22.5,62.7) | 41.5 (21.7,61.3) | 42.5 (21.9,63.1) |
| Mean age (y), children | 9.8 (1.1,18.0) | 10.6 (1.9,18.0) | 10.1 (1.3,18.0) | 11.0 (1.8,18.0) | 9.6 (1.4, 17.8) | 11.0 (2.3,18.0) |
| Sex of child was female (%) | 50.8 (46.4,55.2) | 54.1 (49.8,58.4) | 48.5 (44.2,52.8) | 51.8 (47.5,56.1) | 49.7 (45.3,54.1) | 52.7 (48.3,57.1) |
| Had health insurance (%)*§ | 65.8 (61.6,70.0) | 75.3 (71.6,79.0) | 63.6 (59.5,67.7) | 70.8 (66.9,74.7) | 76.7 (73.0,80.4) | 80.7 (77.3,84.1) |
| Child’s provider was Vietnamese (%)* | 18.8 (15.4,22.2) | 36.7 (32.5,40.9) | 27.1 (23.3,30.9) | 57.4 (53.2,61.6) | 30.6 (26.6,34.6) | 49.9 (45.5,54.3) |
*
Comparison among 3 sites at preintervention by χ2 test, P = .001.
‡
Comparison among 3 sites at preintervention by χ2 test, P = .009.
§
Comparison among 3 sites at postintervention by χ2 test, P = .05.