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. 2006 Dec 15;4(1):A10.

Table 1.

Selected Characteristics of Hispanic Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Hispanic Subgroup, 2001 California Health Interview Survey

Characteristics Mexican Americans (n = 8304)  % (SEa) Central Americans (n = 1019)  % (SEa) Total (n = 9460) % (SEa)
Sex
Female 48.50 (0.47) 51.18 (1.99)  49.01 (0.27)
Male 51.50 (0.47) 48.82 (1.99) 50.99 (0.27)
Education
<High school graduate 57.23 (0.57) 59.01 (2.22) 53.63 (0.48)
High school graduate 23.30 (0.57) 20.07 (1.74) 23.75 (0.45)
Some college 14.19 (0.41) 15.06 (1.50) 15.83 (0.36)
College graduate  5.28 (0.30)  5.86 (0.88)  6.78 (0.31)
Employment status
Employed 65.96 (0.72) 67.78 (2.38) 66.11 (0.57)
Unemployed 34.04 (0.72) 32.22 (2.38) 33.89 (0.57)
Marital status
Married 55.47 (0.76) 50.01 (2.07) 53.74 (0.67)
Separated/divorced/widowed 22.01 (0.75) 26.18 (1.72) 22.23 (0.68)
Never married 22.52 (0.58) 23.72 (1.65) 23.82 (0.49)
Income as % of federal poverty level
<100% 36.70 (0.78) 14.91 (5.94) 34.96 (0.69)
100-199% 32.93 (0.70)  29.18 (6.02) 32.43 (0.67)
200-299%  14.17 (0.56) 11.72 (3.81)  13.85 (0.54)
>300% 16.20 (0.54) 44.19 (6.10) 18.76 (0.45)
Self-reported general health status
Excellent 11.13 (0.47) 13.36 (1.71) 11.91 (0.44)
Very good 16.97 (0.63) 14.64 (1.29) 18.30 (0.56)
Good 38.83 (0.70) 36.05 (1.90) 37.82 (0.64) 
Fair 28.77 (0.78) 30.76 (2.02) 27.53 (0.70) 
Poor 4.29 (0.32) 5.20 (0.92) 4.44 (0.28)
Health insurance status
Has health insurance 64.75 (0.79) 59.19 (2.14) 65.81 (0.65)
Does not have health insurance 35.25 (0.79) 40.85 (2.14) 34.19 (0.65)
Citizenship
U.S. born 27.31 (0.58) 7.34 (0.97) 29.50 (0.54)
Naturalized 19.63 (0.51) 27.61 (1.74) 20.55 (0.51)
Not U.S. citizen 53.06 (0.73) 65.05 (1.98) 49.95 (0.65)
Duration of U.S. residence
<5 years  8.33 (0.49) 9.91 (1.53) 7.89 (0.43)
5-9 years  11.54 (0.58) 10.99 (1.48) 10.52 (0.52)
10-14 years 19.34 (0.67) 25.10 (1.96)  18.22 (0.57)
≥15 years 33.38 (0.67) 46.61 (1.87) 33.75 (0.61)
U.S. born  27.42 (0.58) 7.40 (0.98) 29.62 (0.52)
Spoken English proficiency
Not good 55.14 (0.73) 60.32 (2.06) 50.89 (0.63)
Good  18.05 (0.63) 22.57 (1.79) 19.05 (0.49)
Very good  17.03 (0.49) 14.34 (1.38) 19.43 (0.49)
English is native language 9.78 (0.40) 2.78 (0.75) 10.64 (0.38)
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SEs (standard errors) adjusted for design effect with SUDAAN.