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. 2014 Feb 6;91(3):463–476. doi: 10.1007/s11524-013-9858-z

TABLE 1.

Participant sociodemographics

n %
Type of taxi
 Yellow cab 38 81
 Car service 9 19
Age
 30–39 5 11
 40–49 21 45
 50–59 16 34
 60–69 3 6
 70–79 2 4
Country of birth
 India 22 47
 Pakistan 18 38
 Bangladesh 7 15
Years in USA
 1–2 years 1 2
 6–9 years 3 6
 10–15 years 10 21
  >15 years 33 70
Visited country of birth after immigrating to USA
 Yes 40 85
 No 7 15
No. of visits to country of birth
 1–5 21 53
 6–10 11 28
 >10 8 20
 Missing 7
Visited country of birth during study
 Yes 6 13
 No 41 87
 Missing 3
No. of years driving taxi
 <1 1 2
 1–5 10 22
 6–10 13 28
 11–15 14 30
 16–20 7 15
 >20 1 2
 Missing 1
No. of days working per week
 5 4 9
 6 22 49
 7 19 42
 Missing 2
No. of hours worked per day
 6–7 2 4
 8–9 16 35
 10–11 17 37
 12–13 9 20
 14–15 2 4
 Missing 1
No. of children under age 18 in household
 0 20 44
 1 5 11
 2 10 22
 3 7 15
 4 4 9
 Missing 1
Marital status
 Married 39 85
 Partnered 1 2
 Divorced 2 4
 Widowed 1 2
 Single 3 7
 Missing 1
Highest level of education completed
 3rd–4th grade 1 2
 5–6th grade 1 2
 7–8th grade 2 4
 9–11th grade 5 11
 12th grade/HS graduate 9 19
 Some college 7 15
 College graduate/ 9 19
 Post college/graduate school 13 28
Preferred language for healthcarea
 English 1 2
 Bengali 8 14
 Punjabi 27 46
 Hindi 11 19
 Urdu 12 20
Spoken English proficiency
 Very well 15 32
 Well, not well, not at all 32 68
Reading English proficiency
 Very well 17 36
 Well, not well, not at all 30 64
Writing English proficiency
 Very well 15 32
 Well, not well, not at all 32 68

a n = 59 for this variable as several participants reported multiple languages preferred