. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 7.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2005 Dec 15;104(12 Suppl):2940–2947. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21521

TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Asian Americans and Non-Latino Whites Age 50 Years and Older

Variable	Chinese (n = 394)	Filipino (n = 280)	South Asian (n = 148)	Japanese (n = 375)	Korean (n = 254)	Vietnamese (n = 320)	Non-Latino whites (n = 17,718)
Predisposing variables
Mean age in yrs (± SE)^a	62.56 (0.57)	61.58 (0.75)	56.77 (0.68)	65.97 (0.37)	62.21 (0.41)	61.27 (0.36)	64.97 (0.07)
Female (%)^b	54	56	42	58	56	51	54
Education (%)^a
Grade lt 12	22	9	2	2	21	39	6
High school graduate, some college	39	43	22	59	35	43	55
College graduate or more	39	48	76	39	44	18	39
Married (%)^a	78	71	83	70	79	73	62
Household size (%)^a
1 Individual	10	8	8	19	15	6	25
2 Individuals	43	33	26	56	42	21	52
≥ 3 Individuals	47	59	66	25	43	73	22
Yrs in the U.S. (%)^a
Born in U.S.	14	6	2	82	2	0	83
In the U.S. <15 yrs	27	21	18	1	22	60	14
In the U.S. ≥15 yrs	59	73	80	17	76	40	2
FPL^a
0–99% FPL	24	8	7	4	19	55	6
100–199% FPL	20	26	4	18	30	24	17
200–299% FPL	12	18	12	15	15	6	15
≥ 300% FPL	44	48	77	63	36	15	62
Comorbid condition (%)^c	17	23	14	17	14	19	18
Family history of colon cancer (%)^a	3	3	1	4	2	0	4
Enabling variables
Insurance (%)^a
Uninsured	9	10	10	1	32	14	4
Public	44	39	14	55	40	61	51
Private	47	50	76	44	27	25	45
Has usual source of care (%)^a	93	95	83	96	73	93	96
Mean (SE) no. of physician visits in past yr^a	3.70 (0.21)	3.20 (.021)	2.54 (0.23)	3.13 (0.18)	3.74 (0.26)	5.75 (0.26)	4.01 (0.03)
Need variables: Mean score (SE) from 0 to 100
SF-12 Physical Health	47.61 (0.60)	47.64 (0.82)	48.80 (1.30)	48.37 (0.67)	46.30 (0.85)	40.44 (0.77)	46.20 (0.10)
SF-12 Mental Health	51.72 (0.53)	50.56 (0.54)	54.10 (0.76)	53.86 (0.39)	52.49 (0.67)	49.44 (0.60)	53.81 (0.06)

SE: standard error; FPL: Federal Poverty Level; SF-12: 12-item Short Form Health Survey.

P < 0.001.

P < 0.05.

Diabetes or cardiovascular disease.