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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Jun;15(3):484–491. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9678-3

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and correlations among acculturative stress, pre and post immigration family cohesion, and covariates

Variable M (SD), Mdn or % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Acculturative stress 18.53 (16.43) 1.00
2. Pre-immigration family cohesion 6.57 (1.04) −.19** 1.00
3. Post-immigration family cohesion 6.40 (1.02) −.10*   .39** 1.00
4. Gendera 51 % female −.02 −.01 −.03 1.00
49 % male
5. Age 28.53 (4.91)   .12* −.09 −.03 <.01 1.00
6. Immigration statusb 77 % documented −.49**   .19**   .22** −.28** −.20** 1.00
23 % undocumented
7. Education statusc 2.65 (0.97) −.13**   .17**   .23** −.03   .10*   .29** 1.00
8. Annual Household Income/# of dependents Mdn = $6600   .02   .05 −.06   .02 −.13** −.01 −.09 1.00
9. Marital statusd 56 % not married −.02   .05   .06 −.07   .25**   .02   .02 −.06 1.00
44 % married
10. Immigration with familye 92 % with family −14**   .14**   .13* −.28** −.07   .23**   .06 −.05   .08 1.00
8 % without family
11. Primary Language-Communityf 4.59 (0.89)   .05 −.01 −.06 −.01   .11* −.11* −.26**   .08   .05 −.04 1.00
12. English Language proficiencyg 1.97 (0.81) −.29**   .09   .12* −.05 −.17**   .29**   .34** <.01 −.11*   .17** −.38** 1.00
13. Time in US in months 19.95 (3.19)   .08 −.02 −.05   .01 −.02 −.06 −.01 −.02   .04 −.13** −.07 −.01
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01.

a

0 = female, 1 = male.

b

0 = undocumented, 1 = documented.

c

1 = less than high school, 2 = high school, 3 = some training/college after high school, 4 = bachelor’s degree, 5 = graduate/professional studies.

d

0 = non-married/partnered, 1 = married/partnered.

e

0 = no family in US post-immigration, 1 = family member(s) present in US post-immigration.

f

1 = only English to 5 = only Spanish.

g

1 = don’t speak/understand to 5 = speak it very well