Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Clinical Sample and Service Use by Nativity Status

Characteristic	U.S. born (n = 127)		Foreign-born (n = 241)
	Categorical variables		Unweighted n	Weighted % (SE)
	Unweighted n	Weighted % (SE)
Female	70	53.21 (5.31)	125	53.34 (4.33)
Married/cohabiting	60	45.17*(5.26)	153	60.80* (4.33)
Insured	108	85.94 (3.37)	203	78.90 (4.15)
Education
<High school diploma	4	3.46 (1.82)	40	16.54 (3.39)
High school graduate	25	17.78 (3.83)	36	14.71 (3.03)
Some college	48	37.73 (5.18)	59	24.05 (3.49)
≥College graduate	50	41.04 (5.21)	106	44.69 (4.33)
English speaking proficiency
(good or excellent)	115	94.27*** (1.89)	128	52.69*** (4.37)
Psychiatric morbidity
Affective disorder	74	56.23 (5.25)	131	53.92 (4.31)
Anxiety disorder	68	52.90 (5.31)	134	59.40 (4.15)
Substance abuse disorder	49	38.92*** (5.10)	36	14.28*** (2.78)
Service use
Specialty mental health	47	39.52** (5.29)	50	22.74** (3.72)
Primary care	21	18.75 (4.61)	40	15.34 (2.99)
Alternative care	19	18.23* (4.71)	17	7.66* (2.28)
Age at immigration
(≥13 years)			176	72.89 (3.69)
	Continuous variables
	M	CI	M	CI
Age	35.57**	33.33–37.82	41.19**	39.31–43.06
Household income	69,566	59,806–79,324	70,584	63,049–78,118
Household size	2.29	2.04–2.54	2.70	2.50–2.89

Note. N = 368. Values designated with asterisks within rows are significantly different from each other.

SE = standard error of percentage for categorical variables; CI = confidence interval.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.