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. 2007 Feb 21;7:21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-21

Table 1.

Ethnic, language and immigration characteristics by acculturation index

Non-Hispanic White Latino (high acculturation) Latino (low acculturation)
Characteristics N = 2,071
%
N = 865
%
N = 260
%

Country of birth
 US 96.9 99.5
 Other 3.1 0.5 100
Citizenship
 Native 96.9 99.5
 Naturalized 1.8 0.5 20.8
 Other 1.3 79.2
Living in the US
 Born in the US 96.9 99.5
 10 or more years 1.4 0.5 43.5
 5 – 9 years 0.9 25.0
 2 – 4 years 0.5 22.7
 1 or less years 0.3 8.8
Language at home
 English 85.6 24.3 1.5
 English + other language 13.2 67.2 69.6
 Spanish 1.2 8.6 28.8
Interview language
 English 99.7 87.4 47.3
 Spanish 0.3 12.6 52.7
Citizenship and immigration status of mother
 Native 88.6 39.3 1.9
 Naturalized 7.3 23.4 5.8
 Other 4.2 37.3 92.3
Citizenship and immigration status of Father
 Native 89.3 34.5 3.8
 Naturalized 6.7 26.9 14.6
 Other 4.0 38.6 81.5