Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics in NLAAS Subsample of Latinas, by Nativity (Weighted)

Characteristic	Total Sample (N = 1, 427)		U.S.-born (n = 521)		Immigrant (n = 906)		pa
	% or M	SE	% or M	SE	% or M	SE
Ethnic group							.003
Cuban	4.63	.01	2.61	.01	6.14	.01
Puerto Rican	10.05	.01	14.27	.02	6.88	.01
Mexican	56.63	.04	58.62	.03	55.14	.06
Other Latina	28.69	.03	24.49	.03	31.84	.05
Age, years							.003
18 to 24	19.27	.02	26.06	.03	14.18	.01
25 to 34	27.08	.01	23.48	.02	29.78	.02
35 to 44	21.93	.01	19.46	.02	23.78	.01
45 to 54	15.57	.01	15.98	.01	15.26	.02
55 to 64	7.11	.01	5.57	.01	8.26	.01
65 and over	9.04	.01	9.44	.02	8.74	.01
Number of adults in HHb							.057
1	32.18	.02	37.95	.03	27.86	.02
2	40.60	.02	37.01	.03	43.29	.02
3 or more	27.22	.02	25.04	.04	28.85	.02
Education, years							< .001
≤ 11	44.87	.02	29.90	.02	56.08	.02
12	23.22	.01	28.76	.02	19.07	.01
13-15	21.37	.02	28.39	.03	16.11	.02
≥16	10.55	.01	12.95	.02	8.74	.02
Years in the U.S.							n/a
U.S.-born	42.98	.03	100.00
Less than 5 years	9.95	.02			17.45	.02
5-10 years	8.45	.01			14.82	.02
11-20 years	17.65	.01			30.95	.02
20 years or more	20.97	.01			36.78	.02
Language of Interview							< .001
English	45.94	0.04	83.97	0.03	17.47	0.02
Spanish	54.06	0.04	16.03	0.03	82.53	0.02
Everyday discrimination	15.41	(7.58)	17.48	(7.68)	13.85	(6.84)	< .001
Self-rated physical health	3.10	(1.17)	3.15	(1.07)	3.06	(1.24)	.391
Acculturative Stress					2.49	(2.25)	n/a

Note. n/a = not applicable. Values in parentheses are standard deviations.

^aRao-Scott statistic for the Pearson chi-square test for contingency tables were computed for categorical variables. Adjusted Wald tests of differences were computed for continuous variables.

^bIncludes adults currently living in respondent’s household.