Table 5.
Selected chacteristics of the NESARC sample (2001–2002), by nativity and foreign-born’s racial-ethnic origin
| Nativity |
Foreign-born’s Racial-Ethnic Origin |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-born | Foreign-born | African | European | Asian/Pacific Islander | Mexican | Puerto Rican | Other Hispanic/Latino | |
| Unweighted n | 35,622 | 7,320 | 449 | 1,010 | 989 | 2,227 | 434 | 1,747 |
| Weighted% ± SE of total | 85.41 ± 0.20 | 14.59 ± 0.20 | 0.78 ± 0.05 | 2.52 ± 0.09 | 3.3 ± 0.12 | 3.71 ± 0.10 | 0.48 ± 0.03 | 2.48 ± 0.08 |
| Weighted % ± SE of foreign-born | 5.34 ± 0.32 | 17.25 ± 0.59 | 22.61 ± 0.73 | 25.45 ± 0.64 | 3.32 ± 0.21 | 17.02 ± 0.51 | ||
| Age (years),a% ± SE | ||||||||
| 18–34 | 30.35 ± 0.30 | 38.34 ± 0.77 | 41.45 ± 3.12 | 24.57 ± 1.69 | 37.56 ± 1.85 | 54.06 ± 1.46 | 22.98 ± 2.84 | 37.07 ± 1.59 |
| 35–54 | 39.88 ± 0.32 | 40.62 ± 0.77 | 46.72 ± 3.08 | 36.43 ± 1.84 | 41.28 ± 1.87 | 35.67 ± 1.40 | 41.31 ± 3.07 | 44.78 ± 1.62 |
| 55 and older | 29.77 ± 0.28 | 21.04 ± 0.62 | 11.83 ± 1.92 | 39.00 ± 1.77 | 21.16 ± 1.61 | 10.26 ± 0.76 | 35.71 ± 3.07 | 18.16 ± 1.15 |
| Gender (women), % ± SE | 52.36 ± 0.36 | 50.42 ± 1.00 | 53.74 ± 4.31 | 55.26 ± 2.65 | 52.98 ± 4.23 | 43.25 ± 1.65 | 54.49 ± 4.38 | 52.52 ± 2.15 |
| Marital status, % ± SE | ||||||||
| Married or living as if married | 60.73 ± 0.42 | 66.88 ± 1.25 | 48.79 ± 4.30 | 65.42 ± 3.13 | 71.09 ± 3.23 | 73.36 ± 2.45 | 57.46 ± 4.95 | 62.84 ± 2.55 |
| Widowed, divorced, or separated | 18.20 ± 0.21 | 13.11 ± 0.47 | 18.12 ± 2.16 | 19.64 ± 1.34 | 9.17 ± 1.13 | 7.89 ± 0.64 | 23.11 ± 2.53 | 15.36 ± 1.06 |
| Never married | 21.07 ± 0.27 | 20.01 ± 0.70 | 33.09 ± 3.91 | 14.94 ± 1.54 | 19.74 ± 1.59 | 18.75 ± 1.37 | 19.43 ± 2.97 | 21.80 ± 1.57 |
| Education, % ± SE | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 12.97 ± 0.22 | 31.36 ± 0.84 | 12.19 ± 1.93 | 12.71 ± 1.20 | 15.11 ± 1.60 | 63.95 ± 2.37 | 44.43 ± 4.23 | 34.80 ± 2.00 |
| High school diploma | 30.57 ± 0.32 | 22.03 ± 0.71 | 24.03 ± 2.67 | 26.41 ± 1.87 | 17.15 ± 1.66 | 20.06 ± 1.25 | 28.92 ± 3.38 | 24.27 ± 1.54 |
| Some college (no degree) | 44.81 ± 0.37 | 34.59 ± 0.93 | 51.47 ± 4.72 | 43.83 ± 2.58 | 44.97 ± 2.47 | 14.21 ± 1.05 | 22.58 ± 3.01 | 34.67 ± 1.84 |
| College degree | 11.65 ± 0.21 | 12.02 ± 0.55 | 12.31 ± 2.28 | 17.05 ± 1.53 | 22.77 ± 1.71 | 1.78 ± 0.32 | 4.07 ± 1.18 | 6.26 ± 0.69 |
| Family income ($US),a% ± SE | ||||||||
| 1–19,999 | 20.7 ± 0.24 | 26.45 ± 0.65 | 27.28 ± 2.72 | 21.85 ± 1.40 | 18.41 ± 1.38 | 34.57 ± 1.35 | 42.16 ± 3.08 | 28.86 ± 1.43 |
| 20,000–34,999 | 19.46 ± 0.24 | 22.65 ± 0.65 | 21.26 ± 2.67 | 17.74 ± 1.37 | 17.99 ± 1.45 | 31.39 ± 1.39 | 22.93 ± 2.56 | 23.78 ± 1.31 |
| 35,000–69,999 | 33.78 ± 0.31 | 30.40 ± 0.73 | 34.29 ± 2.94 | 30.18 ± 1.74 | 31.03 ± 1.77 | 25.92 ± 1.28 | 25.94 ± 3.00 | 34.49 ± 1.63 |
| 70,000 and higher | 26.06 ± 0.29 | 20.50 ± 0.69 | 17.18 ± 2.26 | 30.23 ± 1.83 | 32.57 ± 1.84 | 8.13 ± 2.11 | 8.98 ± 2.11 | 12.87 ± 1.01 |
| Work status, % ± SE | ||||||||
| Employed | 64.70 ± 0.42 | 66.58 ± 1.25 | 79.54 ± 5.63 | 60.71 ± 3.03 | 64.26 ± 3.00 | 70.53 ± 2.54 | 46.36 ± 4.32 | 69.85 ± 2.68 |
| Unemployed | 7.58 ± 0.17 | 7.20 ± 0.37 | 6.42 ± 1.26 | 5.99 ± 0.84 | 5.50 ± 0.85 | 6.98 ± 0.67 | 20.14 ± 2.59 | 9.20 ± 0.97 |
| Other | 27.72 ± 0.29 | 26.21 ± 0.76 | 14.04 ± 2.18 | 33.30 ± 2.01 | 30.24 ± 2.13 | 22.49 ± 1.19 | 33.50 ± 3.80 | 20.95 ± 1.39 |
| US region of residence, % ± SE | ||||||||
| Northeast | 18.76 ± 0.18 | 25.00 ± 0.71 | 41.32 ± 3.88 | 34.72 ± 2.27 | 22.88 ± 1.82 | 3.68 ± 0.64 | 66.03 ± 4.91 | 34.95 ± 1.79 |
| Midwest | 25.31 ± 0.18 | 10.50 ± 0.49 | 8.29 ± 2.13 | 15.78 ± 1.40 | 11.78 ± 1.27 | 10.13 ± 0.82 | 5.98 ± 1.76 | 3.16 ± 0.55 |
| South | 36.19 ± 0.24 | 29.48 ± 0.75 | 41.46 ± 3.89 | 23.36 ± 1.74 | 19.81 ± 1.58 | 32.18 ± 1.61 | 25.35 ± 3.25 | 44.49 ± 2.05 |
| West | 19.75 ± 0.20 | 35.02 ± 0.88 | 8.94 ± 1.80 | 26.13 ± 1.90 | 45.53 ± 2.56 | 54.00 ± 2.08 | 2.64 ± 0.84 | 17.40 ± 1.34 |
| Length of stay (years),a % ± SE | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | N/A | 16.22 ± 0.60 | 19.25 ± 2.73 | 10.50 ± 1.20 | 16.23 ± 1.33 | 21.58 ± 1.32 | 6.44 ± 1.51 | 15.55 ± 1.24 |
| 5–10 years | N/A | 19.41 ± 0.64 | 21.11 ± 2.55 | 14.71 ± 1.39 | 20.91 ± 1.64 | 22.63 ± 1.27 | 9.24 ± 1.81 | 21.62 ± 1.44 |
| 11–15 years | N/A | 15.38 ± 0.58 | 15.03 ± 2.20 | 8.00 ± 1.09 | 18.57 ± 1.52 | 17.17 ± 1.12 | 8.54 ± 1.93 | 17.94 ± 1.26 |
| 16 years or more | N/A | 48.99 ± 0.78 | 44.61 ± 3.04 | 66.78 ± 1.82 | 44.29 ± 1.89 | 38.63 ± 1.37 | 75.78 ± 2.76 | 44.89 ± 1.60 |
Percent estimates with standard errors (SE) are reported. All analyses used weighted data and took into account the design effects resulting from the complex sampling design. A total of 14.2% of the total sample reported “Other/unknown racial-ethnic origin” (results not shown)
a
Variable is shown as categorical for descriptive purposes only; a continuous variable was used in the multivariable analyses