Table 2.

Unadjusted Differences in Attitudes and Expectancies between Hispanic Subgroups

Hispanic Subgroup	Positive Attitudes*	Positive Expectancies†	Negative Attitudes	Negative Expectancies
Puerto Rican	0.30 (0.27–0.33)	1.33 (1.26–1.41)	0.55 (0.52–0.59)	0.93 (0.85–1.01)
Cuban-American	0.25 (0.23–0.28)	1.00 (0.89–1.12)	0.60 (0.56–0.65)	0.83 (0.71–0.94)
Mexican-American	0.33 (0.30–0.36)	1.34 (1.23–1.45)	0.58 (0.54–0.62)	0.96 (0.87–1.05)
South/Central American	0.28 (0.25–0.30)	1.15 (1.06–1.24)	0.60 (0.56–0.63)	0.85 (0.75–0.96)

Note 1. Cell values are mean (95% confidence interval).

Note 2. For negative expectancies, Mexican-Americans were marginally higher than Cuban-Americans (p=.06).

^*p<.05;

^†p<.01.