Table 2.
Selected factors of El Paso Children's Health Study participants by El Paso nativity.
| Lifelong | Immigrant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Early: Before entering 1st grade | Late: After entering 1st grade | ||
| (n = 4370) | (n = 862) | (n = 1164) | |
| % | % | % | |
| Non-Hispanic | 12.0 | 27.7 | 39.6 |
| Hispanic, English Preferred | 52.9 | 39.2 | 30.5 |
| Hispanic, Spanish Preferred | 35.1 | 33.1 | 29.9 |
| Maximum Parental Education: | |||
| Some secondary school | 18.7 | 13.7 | 10.3 |
| High School Graduate | 22.7 | 17.9 | 13.4 |
| Some Post-High School | 22.4 | 22.7 | 25.4 |
| College Graduate or Higher | 36.2 | 45.7 | 50.9 |
| Outcomes: | |||
| Prevalent Allergy | 33.0 | 33.5 | 28.5 |
| Prevalent Asthma | 12.6 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
| Current Asthma | 10.5 | 9.6 | 7.8 |
| Covariates: | |||
| Female | 51.4 | 50.2 | 50.2 |
| Parental Allergy | 32.3 | 39.2 | 37.1 |
| Parental Asthma | 12.4 | 13.9 | 13.4 |
| Smoker in household | 32.6 | 31.9 | 29.0 |
El Paso nativity- duration of El Paso residence by 3 strata. El Paso Children's Health Study of 4th or 5th grade children: El Paso Independent School District, February 2001 (n = 6396)