TABLE 1.
Dallas (n = 500) | Houston (n = 505) | Washington, DC (n = 503) | Total (n = 1508) | |
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Mean year of immigration | 1987 | 1985 | 1986 | 1986 |
Speaks English poorly/not-at-all (%)* | 41.2 | 32.9 | 28.4 | 34.2 |
Education <12 y (%)* | 48.1 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 38.9 |
Income was below poverty level (%)† | 30.4 | 27.7 | 19.7 | 26.0 |
Employed (%) | 69.8 | 67.3 | 72.4 | 69.8 |
Married (%) | 86.0 | 87.1 | 83.3 | 85.5 |
Mean age (y), respondents | 41.2 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 41.4 |
Mean age (y), children | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
Sex of child was female (%) | 50.8 | 48.5 | 49.7 | 49.7 |
Had health insurance (%)* | 65.8 | 63.6 | 76.7 | 68.7 |
Child’s provider was non-Vietnamese (%)* | 17.6 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 12.8 |
Child’s provider was Vietnamese (%)* | 18.8 | 27.1 | 30.6 | 29.8 |
Child had institutional provider or no provider (%)* | 63.6 | 64.8 | 58.9 | 57.4 |
Comparison of 3 sites by χ2 test, P = .001;
P = .009.