Table 1.
Characteristics of the N = 884 Respondents from the PEW/RWJF Hispanic Healthcare Survey with Analyzable Patient Activation Measure (PAM) Scores*
| US born | Foreign born† | All Latinos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 241 % | 643 % | 884 % |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 52 | 47 | 49 |
| Male | 48 | 53 | 51 |
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–29 | 39 | 28 | 32 |
| 30–49 | 38 | 48 | 44 |
| 50–64 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| ≥65 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Education | |||
| 0–8 years | 5 | 30 | 20 |
| 9–11 years | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| High school graduate or GED | 32 | 28 | 29 |
| Some college | 32 | 15 | 21 |
| College graduate or more | 15 | 8 | 11 |
| Household income | |||
| $0–14,999 | 17 | 28 | 24 |
| $15,000–24,999 | 12 | 29 | 23 |
| $25,000–34,999 | 14 | 20 | 18 |
| $35,000–59,999 | 29 | 16 | 21 |
| ≥$60,000 | 28 | 8 | 15 |
| Foreign born by time in US (years) | |||
| 0–5 | 18 | ||
| 6–15 | 38 | ||
| ≥16 | 43 | ||
| Health insurance | |||
| Any | 80 | 62 | 69 |
| None | 20 | 38 | 31 |
| Language of interview | |||
| Spanish or mostly Spanish | 19 | 88 | 62 |
| English or mix of English and Spanish | 81 | 12 | 38 |
| Verbal language proficiency‡ | |||
| Spanish better | 7 | 77 | 50 |
| Bilingual | 26 | 15 | 19 |
| English better | 67 | 8 | 30 |
| English reading proficiency§ | |||
| Very good or pretty good | 94 | 31 | 55 |
| Just a little or not at all | 6 | 69 | 45 |
| Doctor visits, past year | |||
| None | 20 | 22 | 22 |
| 1–2 | 32 | 44 | 40 |
| 3–4 | 20 | 16 | 18 |
| 5–7 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 or more | 18 | 9 | 13 |
| Self-reported health status | |||
| Excellent | 17 | 11 | 13 |
| Very good | 38 | 11 | 21 |
| Good | 27 | 35 | 32 |
| Fair | 14 | 37 | 28 |
| Poor | 4 | 6 | 5 |
*All data except sample size are weighted percentages. Excluded are N = 9 persons who did not answer 7 or more of the 13 PAM scale items and N = 174 persons who answered strongly agree to all of the 13 PAM scale items; seeMethods
†Foreign born includes US citizens who were born on the island of Puerto Rico
‡Verbal language proficiency is based on responses to the question, Would you say you can carry on a conversation in Spanish (English), both understanding and speaking—very well, pretty well, just a little, or not at all? Bilingual denotes persons who answered very well to both Spanish and English
§English reading proficiency is based on responses to the question, Would you say you can read a newspaper or book in English—very well, pretty well, just a little, or not at all?