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Published in final edited form as: Am J Community Psychol. 2009 Mar;43(0):35–48. doi: 10.1007/s10464-008-9221-9

Table 3.

Significant mean differences between immigrant and non-immigrant Mexican American women

Variable	Mean (SD)		F	p value
	Immigrant	Non-immigrant
Age	39.35 (13.29)	45.81 (14.98)	29.32	<.001
Education	4.34 (2.00)	5.87 (1.51)	103.30	<.001
Acc1—language	1.65 (0.72)	3.38 (0.78)	753.18	<.001
Acc2—country of residence	1.78 (1.10)	4.82 (0.62)	1613.87	<.001
Acc3—ethnic peer affiliation	1.92 (0.85)	2.81 (0.76)	169.69	<.001
BDI-SF (depression)	1.26 (0.32)	1.20 (0.27)	4.88	<.05
CES-D (depression)	1.55 (0.48)	1.40 (0.43)	15.07	<.001
Life Dissatisfaction	2.18 (0.51)	2.01 (0.56)	13.34	<.001

Note: Acc1, acculturation item 1—language used to speak; Acc2, acculturation item 2—country of residence from infancy to age 21; Acc3, acculturation item 3—ethnic peer affiliation; BDI-SF, Beck’s Depression Inventory-Short Form; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale