Table 2.
Health behaviors and health status among Asian Americans in California (CHIS 2003)
| Characteristics |
A. US born (n = 1,024) | Foreign born | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Total (n = 3,146) | C. English Interview (n = 1,975) | D. Non English Interview (n = 1,171) | E. Lifetime in US 25% + (n = 2,153) | F. Lifetime in US < 25% (n = 993) | ||||||||
| % | se | % | se | % | se | % | se | % | se | % | se | |
| Health behaviors | ||||||||||||
| % Current smoker | 14.79 | (1.66) | 13.49 | (0.82) | 13.90 | (1.16) | 12.76 | (1.16) | 14.13 | (1.05) | 12.00 | (1.14) |
| % Had alcoholic drink in past 30 days | 55.56 | (2.09) | 43.87*** | (1.16) | 47.40** | (1.51) | 36.63*** | (1.56) | 46.70*** | (1.34) | 37.50*** | (1.78) |
| % Overweight or obese | 36.99 | (2.26) | 32.13 | (1.10) | 34.30 | (1.52) | 27.63*** | (1.63) | 34.47 | (1.46) | 26.9*** | (2.07) |
| Health status | ||||||||||||
| General health status | ||||||||||||
| Excellent | 27.16 | (1.95) | 17.37*** | (0.79) | 23.20 | (1.17) | 5.30*** | (0.68) | 17.90*** | (0.99) | 16.20*** | (1.38) |
| Very Good | 34.48 | (1.78) | 29.32* | (1.09) | 34.80 | (1.48) | 18.08*** | (1.48) | 31.10 | (1.30) | 25.30*** | (1.81) |
| Good | 27.82 | (1.65) | 30.31 | (0.91) | 29.30 | (1.27) | 32.43* | (1.65) | 30.05 | (1.25) | 30.90 | (1.65) |
| Fair | 9.14 | (1.22) | 16.45*** | (0.73) | 9.60 | (0.78) | 30.57*** | (1.64) | 15.42*** | (0.91) | 18.80*** | (1.43) |
| Poor | 1.40 | (0.45) | 6.55*** | (0.55) | 3.11* | (0.60) | 13.62*** | (1.23) | 5.53*** | (0.58) | 8.83*** | (1.19) |
| Number of days of having not good physical health | 2.42 | (0.19) | 3.12** | (0.18) | 2.48 | (0.18) | 4.43*** | (0.40) | 3.08* | (0.2) | 3.21* | (0.30) |
| Number of days having not good mental health | 2.92 | (0.21) | 2.86 | (0.15) | 2.49 | (0.17) | 3.61 | (0.30) | 2.89 | (0.18) | 2.79 | (0.24) |
| % Ever diagnosed with asthma | 16.90 | (1.45) | 7.82*** | (0.55) | 8.89*** | (0.69) | 5.63*** | (1.00) | 8.29*** | (0.69) | 6.76*** | (1.10) |
| % Ever diagnosed with diabetes | 6.87 | (1.13) | 6.68 | (0.60) | 6.11 | (0.67) | 7.86 | (1.10) | 6.91 | (0.72) | 6.16 | (1.11) |
| % Ever diagnosed with high blood pressure | 19.29 | (1.34) | 22.2 | (0.97) | 20.50 | (1.14) | 25.81** | (1.59) | 23.02* | (1.26) | 20.40 | (1.78) |
| % Ever diagnosed with heart disease | 4.45 | (0.74) | 4.79 | (0.51) | 3.98 | (0.62) | 6.46 | (0.86) | 5.12 | (0.67) | 4.04 | (0.74) |
| % Ever diagnosed with cancer | 3.14 | (0.54) | 2.58 | (0.35) | 2.78 | (0.48) | 2.17 | (0.48) | 2.89 | (0.44) | 1.87 | (0.58) |
All these estimates were compared to US-born Asian American group using t-tests
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001