Descriptive statistics: NESARC Wave 2
| Unweigh ted n |
Weighted % | Mean | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Ove rall |
US- born |
Foreign- born |
Chi- squa re p- valu e |
Ove rall |
US- born |
Foreign- born |
t-test p- value |
|
| Total | 33373 | ||||||||
| Nativity | |||||||||
| US-born | 28083 | 85.9 | |||||||
| Foreign-born | 5290 | 14.2 | |||||||
| Racial-ethnic origin | |||||||||
| African | 6640 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 8.4 | <.0001 | ||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1131 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 25.0 | |||||
| European | 19174 | 70.9 | 79.3 | 19.7 | |||||
| Mexican | 3556 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 25.7 | |||||
| Puerto Rican | 786 | 1.3 | .9 | 3.9 | |||||
| Other Hispanic/Latino | 2086 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 17.2 | |||||
| Sociodemographic variables | |||||||||
| Female | 19324 | 52.0 | 52.2 | 50.7 | <.0001 | ||||
| Age | 48.2 | 48.7 | 45.2 | <.0001 | |||||
| Married | 17130 | 60.7 | 59.9 | 65.6 | <.0001 | ||||
| Cohabiting | 1030 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | |||||
| Previously married | 8790 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 14.1 | |||||
| Never married/not cohabiting | 6423 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 16.3 | |||||
| Number of children | .6 | .6 | .8 | <.0001 | |||||
| Less than high school | 5217 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 29.2 | <.0001 | ||||
| High school degree | 9064 | 27.4 | 28.4 | 21.0 | |||||
| Attended college | 10392 | 31.5 | 33.0 | 22.0 | |||||
| College graduate | 8700 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.8 | |||||
| Work full-time | 17241 | 53.2 | 52.6 | 57.0 | <.0001 | ||||
| Work part-time | 3526 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.0 | |||||
| Not working | 12606 | 35.9 | 36.4 | 32.9 | |||||
| Northeast | 5848 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 15.5 | <.0001 | ||||
| Midwest | 6341 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 22.5 | |||||
| South | 12670 | 38.3 | 38.6 | 36.5 | |||||
| West | 8514 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.6 | |||||
| MSA | 11075 | 32.6 | 32.6 | 32.8 | 0.0183 | ||||
| MSA but not in central city | 16888 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 50.2 | |||||
| Not in a MSA | 5410 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 17.0 | |||||
| Income | 61884 | 62946 | 55438 | <.0001 | |||||
| Health-related variables | |||||||||
| Health insurance | 29104 | 87.7 | 89.8 | 75.4 | <.0001 | ||||
| Current tobacco use | 7481 | 23.5 | 25.3 | 12.5 | <.0001 | ||||
| Tobacco use -- current | 333 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .7 | |||||
| Tobacco use -- prior to W2 | 7728 | 23.8 | 25.0 | 16.7 | |||||
| Lifetime tobacco use -- never used | 17831 | 51.7 | 48.7 | 70.1 | |||||
| Religious activity | −.025 | −.028 | −.007 | .4353 | |||||
| Substantive factors | |||||||||
| Acculturation | |||||||||
| English language preference | .074 | .351 | −1.622 | <.0001 | |||||
| Years in US | 44.98 | 48.68 | 22.56 | <.0001 | |||||
| Preference for other raciasocially-ethnic groups | −.099 | −.129 | .080 | <.0001 | |||||
| Race-ethnic orientation | .069 | .134 | −.330 | <.0001 | |||||
| Stress | |||||||||
| Stressful life events | 1.524 | 1.568 | 1.255 | <.0001 | |||||
| Social stress -- personal life | −.037 | −.079 | .223 | <.0001 | |||||
| Social stress -- control | −.030 | −.009 | −.160 | <.0001 | |||||
| Perceived racial-ethnic discrimination health care | −.051 | −.078 | .116 | <.0001 | |||||
| Perceived racial-ethnic discrimination other | −.063 | −.088 | .089 | <.0001 | |||||
| Social integration | |||||||||
| Social network--number of close ties | 10.404 | 10.499 | 9.822 | .0003 | |||||
| Social network--number of instrumental ties | 8.575 | 8.906 | 6.545 | <.0001 | |||||
| Social support | .037 | .053 | −.058 | .0002 | |||||