Table 1.
Characteristics of 161 Latino Patients From a Primary Care Practicea
| Variable | Sample |
| Demographic | |
| Age, y | |
| 18–49 | 79 (49) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 119 (74) |
| Income level | |
| < $10,000 | 58 (36) |
| $10,000–$19,999 | 57 (35) |
| ≥ $20,000 | 34 (21) |
| Refused or don't know | 12 (7) |
| Education level | |
| ≤ 8th grade | 39 (24) |
| Some high school | 51 (32) |
| General equivalency diploma or high school | 32 (20) |
| Some college or technical school | 21 (13) |
| College graduate or graduate school | 18 (11) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Dominican | 84 (52) |
| Ecuadorian | 27 (17) |
| Colombian | 20 (12) |
| Other Central/South American | 30 (19) |
| Work status | |
| Full-time | 55 (34) |
| Part-time | 28 (17) |
| Out of work force (retired, student, disability) | 29 (18) |
| Unemployed | 49 (30) |
| Acculturation | |
| Age at migration, mean (SD), y | 29.0 (12.1) |
| Years in country | |
| 0–5 | 17 (11) |
| 6–10 | 10 (6) |
| 11–15 | 24 (15) |
| 16–20 | 26 (16) |
| > 20 | 83 (52) |
| Language | |
| Spanish only | 49 (30) |
| Mostly Spanish (some English) | 89 (55) |
| Spanish and English about the same—mostly English | 23 (14) |
| Clinical | |
| Presence of depression | 47 (29) |
a
Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified.