Table 1.
Characteristics of foreign-born Latina women in Birmingham, Alabama and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) before and after propensity score estimation
| Original samplea |
Restricted, weighted sampleb,c |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham (n=765) |
NHIS (n=8,746) |
Birmingham (n=671) |
NHIS (n=8,700) |
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| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
| Age group, years | ||||
| 19 – 24 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| 25 – 34 | 39.4 | 25.7 | 33.4 | 27.5 |
| 35 – 44 | 28.1 | 25.0 | 25.3 | 25.7 |
| ≥ 45 | 20.1 | 38.3 | 31.8 | 37.4 |
| Latino subgroup | ||||
| Mexican | 80.4 | 55.6 | 57.3 | 55.8 |
| Other Latino | 19.6 | 44.4 | 42.7 | 44.2 |
| Duration of residence in US, years | ||||
| < 5 | 47.7 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 12.3 |
| 5 – 9 | 32.8 | 19.3 | 19.1 | 19.2 |
| ≥ 10 | 19.5 | 69.4 | 68.3 | 68.4 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single, never married | 11.1 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 15.0 |
| Married/ in union | 76.1 | 66.2 | 62.4 | 57.4 |
| Previously married | 12.8 | 21.0 | 23.8 | 27.6 |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Less than high school | 65.2 | 51.6 | 56.4 | 54.3 |
| High school (or equivalent) | 17.0 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| Some college/ college degree | 17.8 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 24.2 |
| Employed | 45.2 | 49.3 | 52.6 | 49.0 |
| Has health insurance | 6.8 | 56.2 | 51.0 | 55.0 |
| Has a regular source of health care | 76.6 | 79.8 | 79.1 | 79.5 |
a
Reported percentages for the National Health Interview Survey are weighted, reflecting the sampling design for the survey.
b
Samples restricted to women with propensity scores < 0.550
c
Reported percentages are weighted using the inverse probability of being in the Birmingham sample.