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

Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jun 13;125(Suppl 1):S26–S34. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.020

Table 1.

Demographic Differences between the Miami and Los Angeles Samples

Variable	Miami	Los Angeles	Difference
Primary Countries of Origin	Cuba (61%), Dominican Republic (8%), Honduras (6%), Colombia (6%), Other (19%)	Mexico (70%), El Salvador (9%), Guatemala (6%), Other (15%)	N/A
Percentage of Families Arriving Together	83%	67%	χ² (1) = 9.76^**, φ = .19
Duration of Separation (years)^a	2.72 (1.65)	2.28 (1.67)	t (66) = 1.06, d = 0.28
Years in the US at Baseline	Mdn = 1 (IQR = 0–3)	Mdn = 3 (IQR = 1–4)	Wilcoxon Z = 6.39^***
Annual Household Income	$27,028 (SD $13,454)	$34,521 (SD $5,398)	t (178) = 6.09^***, d = 0.73
Less than 9 Years of Education	13.8%	40.0%	χ² (1) = 26.37^***, φ = .30
High School Graduate or Higher	69.8%	40.6%	χ² (1) = 26.37^***, φ = .30

Includes only families who reported an immigration-related separation.

p< .05

^**

p< .01

^***

p< .001