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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2014 Jun;29(2):153–171. doi: 10.1007/s10823-014-9231-z

Table 2.

Participant demographics: categorical variables (N=44)

Chinese (n=23) Hmong (n=21)

Variables % % P-value

Sex 0.490
 Male 43.48 33.33

Marital status 0.057
 Single -- --
 Married 69.57 33.33
 Separated -- 14.29
 Divorced 8.70 4.76
 Widowed 21.74 38.10

Religion <0.001*
 Christianity/Catholicism 65.22 42.85
 Shamanism -- 57.14
 Buddhism/Confucian/Daoism 8.70 --
 Agnostic/none 26.10 --

Country of birth <0.001*
 Laos -- 100
 China/Hong Kong 69.57 --
 United States 21.74 --
 Other 8.70 --

Self-reported health status <0.001*
 Excellent 13.04 9.52
 Very good 65.22 9.52
 Good 17.39 47.62
 Fair 4.35 23.81
 Poor -- 9.52

Satisfaction with Life Scale 0.044*
 Extremely satisfied 47.83 23.81
 Satisfied 43.48 23.81
 Slightly satisfied 8.70 19.05
 Neutral -- 14.29
 Slightly dissatisfied -- 4.76
 Dissatisfied -- 9.52
 Extremely dissatisfied -- 4.76
*

Indicates statistically significant differences in distribution of categories between groups