Table 2.
Crosstabulations of Self-Identification as Single vs. Multiple Labels with Language Preferences and Free/Reduced-Cost School Lunch
| Panel A | Youth’s Language Preference with Family | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Self-Identification | English only n (%) | Mostly English n (%) | English and Spanish Equally n (%) | Mostly Spanish n (%) | Spanish Only n (%) | Total n (%) |
| MMAC label only | 268 (11) | 234 (10) | 1050 (44) | 319 (14) | 491 (21) | 2362 (100) |
| MMAC plus other label(s) | 157 (32) | 92 (19) | 152 (31) | 38 (8) | 56 (11) | 495 (100) |
| Total | 425 | 326 | 1202 | 357 | 547 | 2857 |
| Panel B | Youth’s Language Preference with Friends | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Self-Identification | English only n (%) | Mostly English n (%) | English and Spanish Equally n (%) | Mostly Spanish n (%) | Spanish Only n (%) | Total n (%) |
| MMAC label only | 548 (23) | 486 (21) | 985 (42) | 154 (7) | 189 (8) | 2362 (100) |
| MMAC plus other label(s) | 199 (40) | 111 (22) | 134 (27) | 24 (5) | 27 (5) | 495 (100) |
| Total | 425 | 326 | 1202 | 357 | 547 | 2857 |
| Panel C | Does Youth Get a Free or Reduced Cost Lunch? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Self-Identification | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Total n (%) | |||
| MMAC label only | 2202 (93) | 160 (7) | 2362(100) | |||
| MMAC plus other label(s) | 395 (80) | 100 (20) | 495 (100) | |||
| Total | 2597 | 260 | 2857 | |||
Χ2=189.870, df=4, p<.001
χ2=73.624, df=4, p<.001
χ2=89.203, df=1, p<.001
Note: MMAC = “Mexican/Mexican American/Chicana/o”