Table 4.

Prevalence (percentage, 95% confidence interval) of selected characteristics by nativity in California Hispanic women, California Health Interview Survey, 2001.

Characteristics	Nativity
	US-Born % (95% CI)	Foreign-Born % (95% CI)
Education
Some high school or less	24.0 (21.5–26.5)	67.7 (65.9–69.6)
High school graduate	32.9 (30.6–35.3)	16.2 (14.8–17.7)
Some college	30.5 (28.2–32.8)	11.2 (10.0–12.5)
College graduate or higher	12.6 (11.1–14.1)	4.8 (4.1–5.5)
Body mass index <25 in women <50 years	48.9 (45.9–52.0)	39.7 (37.3–42.2)
Body mass index ≥30 in women ≥50 years	31.5 (27.1–35.9)	37.7 (32.8–42.7)
No vigorous/moderate physical activity in past 30 days	31.9 (29.5–34.3)	59.1 (57.1–61.2)
Drank alcohol in past month	51.5 (48.9–54.1)	28.3 (26.4–30.1)
≥2 drinks/day*	60.3 (56.8–63.7)	39.2 (35.3–43.0)
Age at menarche <12 years	30.3 (27.9–32.7)	17.2 (15.6–18.8)
Age at first live birth ≥30 years	5.9 (4.9–7.0)	4.1 (3.5–4.8)
Number of live births
0	30.5 (28.0–33.0)	10.8 (9.5–12.2)
1–2	36.7 (34.3–39.1)	35.0 (33.0–37.0)
≥3	32.8 (30.4–35.2)	54.2 (52.1–56.3)
Mammogram screening history
2 years or less	55.3 (52.4–58.1)	45.8 (43.5–48.2)
More than 2 years ago	13.0 (11.0–15.1)	11.6 (10.0–13.2)
Never had a mammogram	31.7 ( 29.0–34.3)	42.5 (40.2–44.9)
Type of usual source of medical care (adults)
Doctor’s office/ health maintenance organization/ Kaiser	71.6 (69.1–74.0)	41.3 (39.3–43.3)
Community clinic/ government clinic/ community hospital	15.0 (13.1–17.0)	35.3 (33.3–37.3)
Emergency Room/ urgent care	1.2 (0.7–1.7)	1.7 (1.1–2.2)
Some other place	0.6 (0.2–1.0)	0.5 (0.2–0.8)
No usual source of care	11.6 (9.7–13.5)	21.2 (19.4–23.0)
Currently takes hormone supplements for menopause symptoms	28.3 (25.1–31.4)	15.1 (13.1–17.2)
Among women without a hysterectomy**	15.5 (12.4–18.5)	10.1 (8.2–12.0)

^*Among women who drank alcohol in the past month.

^**Among non-pregnant women aged 40 years and older who did not report having a hysterectomy