Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Fujianese and non-Fujianese Immigrant Women

	All (n=402)	Fujianese (n=240)	Non-Fujianese (n=162)
Mean Age	43.83 (SD=4.55)	43.67 (SD=4.51)	44.06 (SD=4.61)
Mean Years in US	7.14 (SD=4.81)	6.96 (SD = 4.78)	7.42 (SD=4.87)
% Married	93%	92.1%	94.4%
Years of Education
% < 12 years	67.2%	70%	63%
% High School/Vocational School	15.9%	15.4%	16.7%
% Any College	16.9%	14.6%	20.4%
Current Type of Employment
% Unemployed	9.3%	8.8%	9.9%
% Service Worker	31.3%	32.8%	29.0%
% Clerical/Sales	6.3%	6.3%	6.2%
% Machine Operator/Craftsworker	43.3%	41.6%	45.7%
% Professional/Managerial	10%	10.5%	9.3%
Employment in China*
% Unemployed	28.0%	26.7%	29.8%
% Service Worker	10.1%	8.9%	11.8%
% Farmer	13.1%	16.5%	8.1%
% Clerical and Sales	9.3%	11.0%	6.8%
% Machine Operator/Craftworker	19.4%	16.9%	23%
% Professional/Managerial	20.2%	19.9%	20.5%

^*p=.08, two-tailed tests