Table 1.

Characteristics (%) the sample included and the one dropped from the analysis due to non-matching

Variable	All Hispanics	Matched sample used	English speakers not matched	Spanish speakers not matched
Sample Size	10,078	703	7,793	879
Age (%)			*	*
18–44 years old	1	0	1	1
45–64 years old	8	0	8	11
65–69 years old	25	29	24	21
70–74 years old	30	34	29	30
75–79 years old	20	24	20	20
80 + years old	16	14	16	16
Missing	1	0	1	1
Gender (%)			*
Male	45	43	45	44
Female	54	57	54	55
Missing	1	0	1	0
Education (%)			*	*
Eight grade or Less	36	60	28	61
Some High School	19	14	21	13
High School Graduate	23	17	25	11
Some College	12	6	14	7
College graduate	4	2	4	4
More then 4 yr of College	3	1	4	1
Missing	3	0	4	4
Self-rated health (%)			*	*
Excellent	8	7	8	15
Very good	17	8	20	10
Good	33	35	34	27
Fair	32	45	28	38
Poor	9	6	9	9
Missing	1	0	1	1

Note: As the matched sample was based on an identical one to one match of these characteristics, the Spanish and English matched sample have the same characteristics. Test statistics conducted are for comparison of the non-matched Spanish and English speakers to the matched sample.

^*Statistical significance at the 0.01 significance level