Table 1.
Demographic Background and Bivariate Analysis
| Total | Chinese | Southeast Asians | Filipinos | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 50 | N = 19 | N = 15 | N = 11 | N = 5 | |
| Gender | % | % | % | % | % |
| Male | 84 | 84.21 | 80 | 90.91 | 80 |
| Education** | |||||
| < HS | 38 | 68.42 | 33.33 | 9.09 | 0 |
| HS | 32 | 21.05 | 33.33 | 45.45 | 40 |
| Associate Degree | 20 | 5.26 | 26.67 | 18.18 | 60 |
| College or Higher | 10 | 5.26 | 6.67 | 27.27 | 0 |
| Immigrants** | |||||
| Yes | 76 | 78.95 | 86.67 | 81.82 | 20 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 48.86 | 9.43 | 51.16 | 9.65 | 48.20 | 8.01 | 45.64 | 9.02 | 49.20 | 14.19 |
| Proportion of lifetime in U.S.** | 0.61 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.50 | 0.23 | 0.76 | 0.25 | 0.88 | 0.27 |
| Acculturation** | 1.20 | 0.93 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 1.09 | 0.62 | 2.15 | 0.73 | 2.15 | 0.63 |
| CES-D* | 16.78 | 9.76 | 13.63 | 9.40 | 23.07 | 9.21 | 15.00 | 8.96 | 13.80 | 9.59 |
| Hope for self-actualization** | 2.52 | 1.01 | 2.00 | 0.92 | 2.53 | 0.86 | 2.91 | 0.80 | 3.60 | 0.91 |
*
P<0.05
**
P<0.01
All the estimates are based on bootstrap variances.
HS- High School
CES-D- Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Ethnicities: Chinese (mainland Chinese and Taiwanese), Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Malaysian, Burmese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Lao) and others (Japanese, Pacific Islander)