Table 3.
Selected characteristics of participants and households, by city and ethnic group [n (%)].a
| Los Angeles |
Elizabeth |
Houston |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Hispanic | White | Hispanic | White | Hispanic | White |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 8 (63) | 14 (71) | 9 (78) | 4 (75) | 4 (75) | 9 (33) |
| Female | 15 (60) | 29 (59) | 45 (67) | 11 (64) | 40 (62) | 27 (41) |
| Income ($US) | ||||||
| < 25,000 | 7 (29) | 8 (75) | 23 (70) | 4 (50) | 30 (53) | 5 (40) |
| 25,000–49,999 | 4 (75) | 17 (53) | 6 (100) | 3 (67) | 10 (90) | 14 (50) |
| 50,000–74,999 | 10 (70) | 7 (86) | 5 (80) | 4 (100) | 3 (100) | 10 (30) |
| > 75,000 | 2 (100) | 11 (54) | 3 (100) | 3 (67) | 0 | 6 (33) |
| Don’t know | 0 | 0 | 13 (46) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) |
| Refused to answer | 0 | 0 | 3 (67) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Building type | ||||||
| Mobile/trailer | 1 (100) | 2 (50) | 0 | 0 | 22 (50) | 2 (0) |
| Single-family detached | 15 (60) | 22 (59) | 9 (78) | 7 (57) | 20 (16) | 34 (41) |
| Single-family attached | 0 | 3 (0) | 4 (50) | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Apartment | 7 (71) | 16 (81) | 38 (71) | 7 (71) | 2 (50) | 0 |
| Building age (years) | ||||||
| < 5 | 4 (100) | 12 (83) | 2 (100) | 0 | 4 (50) | 0 |
| 5–15 | 0 | 2 (50) | 4 (75) | 0 | 7 (29) | 7 (29) |
| > 15 | 17 (47) | 29 (55) | 24 (67) | 14 (71) | 24 (79) | 27 (44) |
| Don’t know | 2 (100) | 0 | 24 (67) | 1 (0) | 9 (56) | 2 (0) |
| Building AER (per hour) | ||||||
| < 0.5 | 1 (0) | 9 (100) | 5 (80) | 2 (100) | 17 (53) | 22 (73) |
| 0.5–1.0 | 9 (56) | 15 (80) | 21 (90) | 4 (50) | 14 (71) | 12 (83) |
| > 1.0 | 13 (62) | 19 (95) | 26 (81) | 8 (62) | 8 (62) | 2 (50) |
| < 1 km from industry | 3 (67) | 6 (67) | 20 (65) | 9 (78) | 42 (64) | 32 (41) |
| Total participants | 23 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 44 | 36 |
a
Data are presented as number of participants (percentage of participants sampled twice).