TABLE 1—
Characteristic | 1998, % (95% CI) or Median (IQR) | 2010, % (95% CI) or Median (IQR) | P |
Gender | .118 | ||
Female | 66.5 (63.4, 69.5) | 62.7 (59.1, 66.3) | |
Male | 33.5 (30.5, 36.6) | 37.3 (33.7, 40.9) | |
Age, y | 43 (32, 57) | 53 (37, 67) | .001 |
Marital status | .003 | ||
Married | 67.7 (64.7, 70.7) | 59.6 (56.0, 63.2) | |
Never married | 15.3 (13.0, 17.7) | 20.1 (17.1, 23.0) | |
Divorced, widowed, or separated | 17.0 (14.5, 19.4) | 20.3 (17.4, 23.3) | |
Educational attainment | .405 | ||
< High school | 44.8 (41.4, 48.1) | 42.7 (39.0, 46.3) | |
≥ High school | 55.2 (51.9, 58.6) | 57.3 (53.7, 61.0) | |
Ethnicity | .28 | ||
Latino | 93.1 (91.4, 94.7) | 91.7 (89.6, 93.7) | |
Non-Latino | 6.9 (5.3, 8.6) | 8.3 (6.3, 10.4) | |
Nativity | .253 | ||
US-born | 40.0 (36.8, 43.2) | 42.8 (39.1, 46.4) | |
Foreign-born | 60.0 (56.8, 63.2) | 57.2 (53.6, 60.9) | |
Self-rated health | < .001 | ||
Poor | 5.0 (3.6, 6.5) | 3.7 (2.3, 5.1) | |
Fair | 21.6 (18.9, 24.3) | 18.1 (15.2, 20.9) | |
Good | 34.4 (31.3, 37.5) | 52.4 (48.7, 56.1) | |
Very good | 25.4 (22.6, 28.3) | 20.6 (17.6, 23.6) | |
Excellent | 13.5 (11.3, 15.7) | 5.2 (3.6, 6.9) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; IQR = interquartile range. P values are derived from a χ2 statistic for categorical variables or a t test for continuous variables.