Table 1.
Baseline demographics by ethnicity (n = 1841)
| VARIABLE | HISPANIC | NON-HISPANIC | P-VALUE | TOTAL |
| FEMALE | 86.3% | 83.6% | NS | 85.1% |
| EMPLOYED | 49.8% | 53.1% | NS | 51.3% |
| EDUCATION | ||||
| < High School | 42.1% | 24.0% | < .0001 | 33.9% |
| High School Graduate | 29.1% | 32.3% | 30.5% | |
| > High School | 28.8% | 43.8% | 35.6% | |
| MARRIED | ||||
| Currently Married | 43.4% | 30.4% | < .0001 | 37.5% |
| Never Married | 30.6% | 36.9% | 33.5% | |
| Previously Married | 26.0% | 32.8% | 29.1% | |
| INCOME | ||||
| <= 20 K | 62.0% | 49.6% | < .0001 | 56.4% |
| 21 – 40 K | 22.2% | 25.2% | 23.6% | |
| 41 K + | 3.8% | 17.3% | 9.9% | |
| AGE GROUP | ||||
| 18–34 | 41.9% | 30.3% | < .0001 | 36.7% |
| 35–51 | 41.6% | 44.6% | 43.0% | |
| 52+ | 16.5% | 25.1% | 20.4% | |
| MEAN AGE | 38.7 (SD 12.2) | 42.6 (SD 13.6) | < .0001 | 40.4 (SD 12.9) |
| CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD | 73.7% | 56.7% | < .0001 | 66.0% |
| RACE | ||||
| American Indian | 3.6% | 4.9% | < .0001 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 0% | 1.6% | 0.7% | |
| Black/African American | 3.7% | 23.2% | 12.5% | |
| Native HI/Pacific Is. | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |
| White/Caucasian | 16.0% | 59.2% | 35.6% | |
| More than one race | 60.6% | 10.3% | 37.9% | |
| Unknown | 15.4% | 0.7% | 8.7% | |
| TOTAL | 1007 | 834 | 1841 | |