Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics and Self-rated Physical and Mental Health¹ of U.S. Latinos in the National Latino and Asian American Study.

	%
Female	48.5
Male	51.5
Age (y)
18–24	20.7
25–34	28.4
35–49	30.1
50–64	13.4
≥65	7.5
Marital status
Married	51.9
Divorced/separated/widowed	18.4
Never married	29.7
Education (y)
No high school (<9)	25.1
Some high school (<12)	19.4
High school graduate (12)	24.5
Some college (13–15)	20.8
College degree or greater (≥16)	10.2
Household income ($)
<15,000	27.5
15,000–34,999	28.7
35,000–74,999	27.7
≥75,000	16.1
Nativity
Foreign born	58.5
U.S. born	41.5
Subethnicity
Puerto Rican2	10.0
Cuban	4.6
Mexican	56.6
Other Latino	28.7
Language of interview
Spanish	54.3
English	45.7
Language used when thinking
Spanish all or most of the time	53.8
Spanish and English equally	16.3
English all or most of the time	30.0
Spanish language proficiency
Excellent or good	71.2
Fair or poor	28.8
Spanish proficiency/Language used when thinking
Spanish excellent/good, English all or most of the time when thinking	15.6
Spanish excellent or good, English and Spanish when thinking	13.1
Spanish excellent or good, Spanish all or most of the time when thinking	42.3
Spanish fair or poor, English all or most of the time when thinking	14.4
Spanish fair or poor, English and Spanish when thinking	3.2
Spanish fair or poor, Spanish all or most of the time when thinking	11.4
Self-rated physical health
Excellent	15.5
Very good	24.7
Good	31.4
Fair	24.9
Poor	3.5
Self-rated mental health
Excellent	30.4
Very good	27.8
Good	30.0
Fair	11.0
Poor	0.7

¹All data are reported as weighted estimates of population percentages.

²Persons born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens; “foreign born” and “US born” refer to island birthplace and mainland birthplace, respectively.