Table 2.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of U.S. Adolescents 10–17 Years Old by Race/Ethnicity
| Mean or Proportion for Each Racial/Ethnic Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | White (34,767) | Latino (5,181) | African American (4,697) | Asian/Pacific Islander (808) | American Indian/Alaska Native (666) | Multiracial (1,609) | P |
| Mean age (years) | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | <.0001 |
| Male gender (%) | 51.3 | 50.8 | 49.6 | 56.8 | 48.5 | 49.4 | NS |
| Highest educational attainment in household (%) | |||||||
| Not a high-school graduate | 2.3 | 28.6 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 5.1 | <.0001 |
| High-school graduate | 24.5 | 33.0 | 35.4 | 8.3 | 33.2 | 21.8 | |
| At least some college | 73.3 | 38.4 | 56.6 | 90.3 | 57.1 | 73.1 | |
| Primary language spoken at home not English (%) | 0.7 | 56.9 | 0.7 | 39.2 | 6.6 | 0.3 | <.0001 |
| Number of children in household (%) | |||||||
| 1 | 25.4 | 15.6 | 23.6 | 28.1 | 18.2 | 30.4 | <.0001 |
| 2 | 40.4 | 30.2 | 33.3 | 38.6 | 34.4 | 41.1 | |
| 3 | 23.3 | 31.0 | 24.4 | 21.5 | 28.2 | 20.8 | |
| >3 | 11.0 | 23.2 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 19.2 | 7.7 | |
| Number of adults in household (%) | |||||||
| 1 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 33.3 | 9.5 | 20.1 | 21.7 | <.0001 |
| 2 | 65.6 | 53.5 | 46.4 | 61.1 | 53.3 | 55.9 | |
| >2 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 20.3 | 29.4 | 26.6 | 22.4 | |
| Adult in household employed ≥50 weeks in past year (%) | 92.3 | 86.0 | 83.6 | 90.1 | 82.2 | 87.4 | <.0001 |
| Combined family income:% of federal poverty threshold | |||||||
| <100% | 7.6 | 33.4 | 26.2 | 9.0 | 29.8 | 14.2 | <.0001 |
| 100–199% | 17.1 | 26.4 | 28.7 | 17.9 | 32.9 | 21.4 | |
| 200–299% | 18.3 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 14.1 | |
| 300–399% | 17.9 | 6.3 | 9.7 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 12.2 | |
| ≥400% | 31.7 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 35.2 | 8.2 | 29.3 | |
| Unknown | 7.4 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 8.8 | |
Source. National Survey of Childhood Health, 2003.