Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of US-born and immigrant adolescents in the US
| Born in the US (Weighted N in thousands = 23,334) |
Immigrant: 5+ years in the US (Weighted N in thousands = 1179) |
Immigrant: <5 years in the US (Weighted N in thousands = 544) |
Chi2 significance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | ||
| Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||||
| Age | |||||||
| 12–14 years | 49.6 | (49.3–49.9) | 43.7 | (42.2–45.3) | 46.2 | (44.0–48.4) | p< 0.001 |
| 15–17 years | 50.4 | (50.1–50.7) | 56.3 | (54.7–57.8) | 53.8 | (51.6–56.0) | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 49.0 | (48.7–49.3) | 49.0 | (47.5–50.5) | 45.7 | (43.3–48.1) | p< 0.05 |
| Male | 51.0 | (50.7–51.3) | 51.0 | (49.5–2.5) | 54.3 | (51.9–56.7) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-hispanic white | 63.5 | (63.0–64.0) | 23.6 | (22.1–25.0) | 14.6 | (13.0–16.5) | p< 0.001 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 15.4 | (15.0–15.7) | 8.2 | (7.3–9.1) | 9.0 | (7.7–10.4) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 3.1 | (2.9–3.3) | 20.8 | (19.3–22.4) | 22.4 | (20.0–24.9) | |
| Other | 2.7 | (2.6–2.8) | 1.4 | (1.1–1.9) | 0.4 | (0.2–0.8) | |
| Hispanic | 15.4 | (15.0–15.7) | 46.0 | (44.2–47.9) | 53.6 | (50.9–56.3) | |
| Family income | |||||||
| <$20,000 | 16.1 | (15.8–16.5) | 25.6 | (24.1–27.2) | 42.2 | (39.6–44.8) | p< 0.001 |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 32.3 | (31.9–32.7) | 40.0 | (38.3–41.6) | 38.2 | (5.8–40.8) | |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 19.2 | (18.9–19.5) | 14.1 | (13.0–15.2) | 9.7 | (8.2–11.4) | |
| $75,000 or more | 32.4 | (31.9–32.8) | 20.4 | (19.1–21.7) | 9.9 | (8.5–11.5) | |
| Urbanicity | |||||||
| Rural | 21.4 | (20.8–22.0) | 8.0 | (7.1–9.0) | 6.0 | (4.9–7.3) | p< 0.001 |
| Urban | 78.6 | (78.0–79.2) | 92.0 | (91.0–92.9) | 94.0 | (92.7–95.1) | |
| Age of arrival | |||||||
| 11 years or younger | – | – | 98.5 | (98.0–98.8) | 36.9 | (34.2–39.4) | p< 0.001 |
| 12 years or older | – | – | 1.5 | (1.2–2.0) | 63.1 | (60.8–65.3) | |