Table 2.
Sample Characteristics
| Sample Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Age, median years | 64.5 |
| Immigration age, median years | 49.5 |
| Immigration year, median | 1992 |
| Education in Vietnam | |
| Less than High School graduate | 70% |
| High School graduate | 15% |
| Some college or more | 15% |
| Education in USA | |
| None | 60% |
| Vocational or trade school | 15% |
| Some college | 5% |
| ESL | 20% |
| English-speaking ability, self-reported | |
| Very well | 10% |
| Well | 20% |
| Not well | 35% |
| Not at all | 35% |
| Access to regular source of health care | |
| Vietnamese primary doctor* | 70% |
| Non-Vietnamese primary doctor | 25% |
| No regular doctor | 5% |
*All patients in this category spoke Vietnamese with their doctors