Table 1.

Perceived Social Standing vs Objective Measures of Socioeconomic Status (Education, Occupation, and Income) Among Asian Immigrants, by Ethnicity and Gender: National Latino and Asian American Study, 2002–2003

	All Asians		Vietnamese		Filipino		Chinese
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Perceived Social Standing in the US (mean, 0-low, 10-high) a,b,c,d,f	5.67 (0.13)	5.85 (0.09)	4.87 (0.19)	5.23 (0.24)	5.97 (0.14)	6.34 (0.12)	5.42 (0.15)	5.40 (0.18)
Objective Measures of Socioeconomic Status
Education (%) b,c,d,e; A,B,D
Less than high school graduate	15.6%	19.6%	23.9%	41.0%	11.7%	15.6%	19.5%	22.1%
High school graduate and some college	35.0%	41.0%	45.6%	40.8%	47.3%	47.5%	27.6%	39.9%
College graduate and above	49.4%	39.4%	30.5%	18.2%	41.0%	36.9%	52.8%	38.0%
Occupation (%, professional/managerial) b,d,e; A,D	34.5%	26.0%	13.5%	8.3%	23.8%	29.8%	43.2%	26.5%
Household Income-to-Needs Ratio (mean) a,b,d,e; A,D	5.85	5.18	3.83	3.35	6.46	5.81	6.54	5.24
Sample N	771	868	236	266	154	195	221	252

Notes.

Survey design effects (stratum, cluster, and individual weight) were taken into account in the estimations. Standard errors in parentheses.

^aDifference between Vietnamese and Filipino men significant at p<0.05.

^bDifference between Vietnamese and Chinese men significant at p<0.05.

^cDifference between Filipino and Chinese men significant at p<0.05.

^dDifference between Vietnamese and Filipina women significant at p<0.05.

^eDifference between Vietnamese and Chinese women significant at p<0.05.

^fDifference between Filipina and Chinese women significant at p<0.05.

^ADifference between Asian men and women significant at p<0.05.

^BDifference between Vietnamese men and women significant at p<0.05.

^CDifference between Filipino men and women significant at p<0.05.

^DDifference between Chinese men and women significant at p<0.05.