TABLE 1—
Sample Descriptive Statistics, by Race/Ethnicity: Filipino American Community Epidemiological Survey, 1998–1999
| Filipino-Specific Work Discrimination | |||
| Low (n = 968), Mean (SE) or % | High (n = 684), Mean (SE) or % | Entire Sample (n = 1652), Mean (SE) or % | |
| Age, y | 40.17 (.45) | 42.06 (.49)** | 40.90 (.34) |
| Women | 49.4 | 46.6 | 48.3 |
| Married | 56.1 | 66.7*** | 60.3 |
| Live in San Francisco | 41.3 | 53.0*** | 46.2 |
| US born | 18.4 | 14.8 | 16.9 |
| Percentage of life in United States | 47.95 (.01) | 44.27 (.01)* | 46.58 (.01) |
| Education, y | 11.99 (.16) | 11.95 (.22) | 11.92 (.13) |
| Job category | |||
| Manual | 17.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
| Trade | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| Service | 72.0 | 75.0 | 73.8 |
| Per capita household income, $ | |||
| < 25 000 | 66.2 | 70.0 | 67.8 |
| 25 000–49 999 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 15.9 |
| 50 000–99 999 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| ≥ 100 000 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 8.4 |
| Missing | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Daily language | |||
| Filipino | 79.2 | 83.9* | 81.1 |
| English | 20.8 | 16.1 | 18.9 |
| Immigrated for employmenta | 77.2 | 78.1 | 77.6 |
| Job concernsb | 12.79 (.15) | 16.42 (.25)*** | 14.26 (.14) |
| Everyday discriminationc | 1.27 (.02) | 1.57 (.03)*** | 1.39 (.02) |
| Filipino-specific work discriminationd | … | … | 3.06 (.04) |
| Health conditionse | .69 (.04) | 1.05 (.05)*** | .83 (.03) |
Note. Filipino-specific work discrimination was measured by 2 survey items on a Likert scale (1 = none at all 4 = high). Scores for the 2 items were summed, resulting in a total score between 2 and 8. Total scores were dichotomized at the median into high and low groups.
aThis included the percentage of immigrants only (n = 810 in low group; n = 561 in high group; n = 1371 for entire sample) and excludes US-born persons.
b10 = low, 40 = high.
c1 = low, 5 = high.
d2 = low, 8 = high.
eFor a full description of the health conditions variable, see “Methods” section.
* P≤.05; **P≤.01; ***P≤.001