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Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009;20(4):996–1011. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0204

Table 2.

Acculturation characteristics (N=600)

Acculturation	N	(%)
Primary language spoken
English	150	(25)
Spanish	450	(75)
Born in the U.S.
Yes	230	(38)
No	370	(64)
Country of origin^a
Mexico	236	(64)
El Salvador	72	(20)
Guatemala	29	(8)
Other	33	(8)
Years in the US
<=10 years	141	(23)
>10 years	459	(77)
Immigration status^b
Documented	448	(76)
Undocumented	145	(24)

^a

N=370. Based on those participants who reported not being born in the U.S.

^b

N=593