Table 1.
Descriptive means or percents of the study population stratified by age at migration in the US, the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (N=789).
| Age at Migration | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | <20 years (n=164) | 20–49 years (n=456) | 50 years and older (n=169) |
| Duration of US residence(mean± std)** | 62.21 (12.32) | 38.39 (10.70) | 12.24 (8.58) |
| Demographic and Cultural Factors | |||
| Age at baseline (mean± std)** | 71.70 (8.09) | 70.36 (6.97) | 72.92 (8.50) |
| Sex (% male)* | 45.12 (74) | 42.76 (195) | 30.77 (52) |
| Years of education (mean± std)*** | 6.60 (4.67) | 5.17 (4.69) | 3.40 (4.01) |
| Cultural orientation score (mean/std)*** | 37.54 (11.18) | 27.55 (7.06) | 23.54 (4.33) |
| Economic Factors | |||
| Monthly household income (%≤$1,500)*** | 62.96 (102) | 81.07 (364) | 95.00 (152) |
| Pension retirement (% yes)*** | 56.79 (92) | 48.34 (219) | 13.86 (23) |
| Social Security (% yes)*** | 79.88 (131) | 80.04 (361) | 41.57 (69) |
| Medical insurance (% yes)*** | 91.46 (150) | 89.89 (409) | 65.48 (110) |
| Own a house (% yes)*** | 78.66 (129) | 69.30 (316) | 13.69 (23) |
| Lifetime Occupation (%) | |||
| Professional, technical, managers* | 8.54 (14) | 3.74 (17) | 6.59 (11) |
| Sales, clerical, services* | 7.93 (13) | 4.84 (22) | 11.38 (19) |
| Craftsmen, machine operators, farming, forestry*** | 69.51 (114) | 74.29 (338) | 42.51 (71) |
| Homemaker*** | 14.02 (23) | 17.14 (78) | 39.52 (66) |
| Social Networks/Neighborhood Composition | |||
| Number of family members in the house(mean± std)*** | 2.43 (1.43) | 2.77 (1.54) | 4.20 (2.41) |
| Neighborhood 50% or more Latino(% yes)** | 27.83 (32) | 47.06 (160) | 38.46 (35) |
| Lifestyle Factors | |||
| Body Mass Index (mean± std) | 28.82 (4.86) | 29.35 (5.46) | 29.12 (5.54) |
| Current smoker (% yes) | 11.59 (19) | 11.43 (52) | 10.71 (18) |
| Chronic Disease at Baseline | |||
| Cardiovascular disease (% yes)* | 25.00 (41) | 16.23 (74) | 18.34 (31) |
| Diabetes (% yes) | 24.39 (40) | 30.48 (139) | 27.98 (47) |
| Hypertension (% yes) | 65.85 (108) | 59.21 (270) | 60.95 (103) |
Values in the table are proportions % (n) unless otherwise specified
*
p <0.05
**
p <0.01
***
p < 0.0001