Table I.
Characteristics of the NHANES and CHS Samples
| NHANES: U.S. Adult Population |
NHANES: Adjusted to Refugeesa |
CHS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18-24 | 12.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- |
| 25-34 | 17.9% | 0.6 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- |
| 35-44 | 18.8% | 0.6 | 8.0% | 0.5 | 7.7% | 1.9% |
| 45-54 | 18.9% | 0.7 | 27.9% | 1.1 | 28.1% | 2.9% |
| 55-64 | 15.2% | 0.6 | 34.2% | 1.2 | 34.8% | 3.5% |
| 65-74 | 9.9% | 0.4 | 23.0% | 0.9 | 22.7% | 3.2% |
| 75+ | 7.2% | 0.3 | 7.0% | 0.4 | 6.5% | 1.7% |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 48.3% | 0.8 | 36.1% | 1.1 | 37.2% | 3.6% |
| Female | 51.7% | 0.8 | 63.9% | 1.1 | 62.8% | 3.6% |
Note:
a
Post-stratification weights were used to adjust the NHANES to the CHS data with respect to gender and age distributions.
NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
CHS = Cambodian Health Study
SE = Standard Error