. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;20(6):533–542. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318227f876

Table 6. Preferred Characteristics of Health Care Provider by Ethnicity.

Item	Percentage endorsing the item				Significant Difference
	Non-Latino White (N = 1257)	African-American (N = 536)	Asian-American (N = 112)	Latino (N = 303)
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	F	p
Importance of health care provider:
Speaking same language	4.24 (1.35)	4.69 (.93)^*	4.78 (.86)^*	4.23 (1.34)	16.5	<.01
Being same racial/ethnic group	1.56 (1.12)	1.52 (1.19)	3.70 (1.65)^*	1.79 (1.39)^*	80.7	<.01
Being same gender	1.47 (1.02)	1.62 (1.26)^*	1.30 (.90)^*	1.51 (1.10)	3.2	.01
Being same age	1.36 (.83)	1.38 (.98)	1.25 (.72)	1.3 (.87)	.71	.58
Being open to different treatments (acupuncture, massage, etc.)	2.47 (1.44)	2.66 (1.56)^*	2.13 (1.38)^*	1.93 (1.33)^*	14.2	<.01
Understanding of your culture	2.81 (1.53)	3.57 (1.60)^*	3.38 (1.39)^*	3.34 (1.62)^*	25.5	<.01

Note: ANOVA used to show mean differences

Degrees of Freedom = 3, 2204

Signifies difference with Non-Latino Whites