Table 2.

Age and Gender Adjusted Rates of Discrimination by Socio-cultural Characteristics of the NLAAS Latino Sample (weighted)

	NLAAS Latino Sample N=2554 %	Latino Respondents Reporting Discrimination N=766 % (SE)	Latino Respondent Not Reporting Discrimination N=1788 %	Chi-square test of difference (P value)
Ethnicity				*
Puerto Rican	10.0	40.0 (3.3)	60.0
Cuban	4.6	16.4 (1.8)	83.6
Mexican	56.6	34.4 (2.0)	65.6
Other Latino	28.7	34.4 (3.1)	65.6
English Language Proficient				***
Yes	50.8	45.5 (2.0)	54.5
No	49.2	22.6 (1.7)	77.4
Nativity				***
U.S.-born†	41.5	46.6 (2.5)	53.4
Foreign-born	58.5	25.3 (1.8)	74.7
Exposure to US culture				***
Grew up in US (U.S. born/Age of Arrival 0–6 yrs old)	48.4	46.6 (2.3)	53.4
Arrived 7–17 years old	16.4	27.4 (3.0)	72.6
Arrived 18–24 years old	17.9	22.4 (2.5)	77.6
Arrived 25 years and older	17.3	17.3 (2.9)	82.7
Generational Status				***
1st - Foreign Born	58.6	25.3 (1.8)	74.7
2nd- US born + 1 FB parent	21.0	43.0 (2.9)	57.0
3rd- US born + Both parents US born	20.4	50.4 (3.2)	49.6
Ethnic Identity				***
Strong Ethnic Identity	26.7	24.2 (2.3)	75.8
Weak Ethnic Identity	73.3	37.9 (1.9)	62.1

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001

^†U.S.-born respondents had to be born on the U.S. mainland. Thus island born Puerto Ricans are considered foreign-born for this analysis.