Table 2.
Descriptive statistics by ethnicity and nativity status, adult respondents in Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study, Wave 2 (L.A.FANS-2), 2006–2008
| Total | U.S.born, non-Latino white | U.S.-born Mexican | U.S.-born non-Mexican Latino | Mexican immigrant | Non-Mexican Latino immigrant | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (Unweighted) | 1468 | 375 | 342 | 66 | 506 | 179 |
| Language & Acculturation measures | ||||||
| Interviewed in Spanish vs. English (%) | 26.5% | 0.0% | 2.5% ** | 9.0% ** | 71.6% ** | 64.0% ** |
| All/most friends are of different ethnicities, or split halfway (%) | 36.2% | 41.2% | 47.2% | 54.0% | 20.5% ** | 31.6% |
| Mean linguistic acculturation scale (sd) | 0.2 (.05) | 1.0 (.02) | 0.5 (.05) ** | 0.3 (.1) ** | −.9 (.05) ** | −.9 (.08) ** |
| Demographic Information | ||||||
| Mean age in years (sd) | 42.4 (.9) | 49.5 (1.4) | 29.8 (1.4) ** | 24.1 (1.5) ** | 42.5 (1.2) ** | 44.7 (2.6) |
| Male vs. female (%) | 56.7% | 58.5% | 52.7% | 64.9% | 59.6% | 46.4% |
| Married/cohabiting vs. single (%) | 49.5% | 56.1% | 32.0% ** | 20.5% ** | 56.7% | 48.2% |
| Socioeconomic Status | ||||||
| Educational attainment (%)a | ||||||
| <High school | 27.6% | 5.4% | 16.7% ** | 15.0% * | 60.7% ** | 52.1% ** |
| HS Diploma/GED | 18.0% | 14.0% | 21.5% | 27.4% | 20.2% | 17.6% |
| Some post-secondary | 54.5% | 80.6% | 61.9% | 57.6% | 19.1% | 30.3% |
| Current employment status (%)a | ||||||
| Employed full-time | 51.5% | 51.3% | 44.1% | 36.0% | 59.9% | 49.0% |
| Working part-time/unknown amount | 14.1% | 12.7% | 23.0% | 7.6% | 9.4% | 17.6% |
| Unemployed/not working/away from work | 34.5% | 36.0% | 32.9% | 56.4% | 30.7% | 33.4% |
| Covered by health insurance vs. uninsured (%) | 71.5% | 88.9% | 72.3% ** | 67.6% ** | 52.9% ** | 52.2% ** |
| Census tract-level poverty stratuma | ||||||
| Very poor (top 10% of poverty distribution) | 9.5% | 0.5% | 9.6% ** | 10.1% ** | 18.8% ** | 19.5% ** |
| Poor (60–89% of poverty distribution) | 35.5% | 13.5% | 39.0% | 68.5% | 53.6% | 56.1% |
| Non-poor (bottom 60% of poverty distribution) | 55.0% | 86.0% | 51.4% | 21.4% | 27.6% | 24.3% |
| Health & Health-Related Behavior | ||||||
| Diagnosed severe condition vs. no condition (%) | 9.8% | 13.8% | 4.7% ** | 3.0% | 5.7% ** | 17.4% |
| Diagnosed other chronic condition (%) | 39.5% | 49.7% | 29.9% ** | 22.7% * | 31.9% ** | 44.3% |
| Has usual source of health care (%) | 75.7% | 89.4% | 73.6% ** | 68.6% ** | 60.2% ** | 69.3% ** |
| Obese (%) | 31.3% | 25.8% | 29.9% | 42.4% | 38.8% * | 31.8% |
| Depressive symptoms meet diagnostic criteria vs. do not (%) | 12.4% | 14.7% | 9.2% | 23.3% | 10.3% | 11.7% |
| Fair/poor self-rated health (SRH) in previous survey wave (%) | 13.5% | 6.1% | 7.6% | 14.4% | 23.8% ** | 33.3% ** |
| Missing information about poor SRH in previous wave (%) | 14.3% | 8.4% | 12.5% | 32.7% ** | 16.9% * | 28.4% ** |
| Current smoker vs. non-smoker (%) | 16.4% | 17.8% | 13.5% | 4.6% ** | 16.7% | 19.2% |
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
Pearson chi-square tests (for categorical measures) and t-tests (for continuous measures) compared with US-born, non-Latino whites.
a
F-test of distribution compared with US-born, non-Latino whites.
Notes: All estimates have been weighted using the L.A.FANS-2 sampling weights.