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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2016 Jun 13;29(4):372–381. doi: 10.1037/pas0000330

Table 2.

Weighted Sample Characteristics for the Total Sample and by Hispanic/Latino Background Group (N =15,487)

Overall
(N = 15,487)
Dominican
(n = 1,400)
Central
American
(n = 1,704)
Cuban
(n = 2,302)
Mexican
American
(n = 6,412)
Puerto Rican
(n = 2,629)
South
American
(n = 1,040)
Age2 41.32 (0.25) 39.55 (0.70) 39.67 (0.48) 46.46 (0.53) 38.52 (0.38) 42.99 (0.52) 42.35 (0.77)
Women1 52.07 (0.54) 60.44 (1.93) 52.46 (1.67) 47.55 (1.07) 53.30 (0.97) 48.81 (1.41) 54.66 (2.00)
Married or
Cohabitating1
Income1
49.72 (0.78) 37.59 (1.84) 46.49 (1.61) 51.64 (1.51) 59.61 (1.22) 32.58 (1.46) 49.58 (2.16)
    < $20,000 46.50 (1.02) 54.53 (2.34) 53.16 (2.16) 54.24 (1.64) 38.92 (1.63) 49.38 (1.90) 43.40 (2.12)
    $20,001–
$50,000
40.75 (0.70) 37.20 (2.13) 38.87 (1.97) 36.69 (1.51) 45.25 (1.14) 36.08 (1.87) 44.73 (2.01)
    >$50,001
Education1
12.75 (0.82) 8.27 (1.28) 7.97 (1.14) 9.06 (1.12) 15.84 (1.52) 14.54 (1.21) 11.97 (1.48)
    < High
School/GED
32.89 (0.74) 36.79 (1.82) 37.99 (1.65) 22.25 (1.07) 36.42 (1.33) 36.45 (1.61) 22.14 (1.97)
    High School 28.58 (0.58) 23.13 (1.89) 26.33 (1.49) 30.09 (1.41) 30.04 (1.02) 27.84 (1.26) 27.84 (1.90)
    > High
School/GED
Years in US1
38.53 (0.83) 40.08 (1.80) 35.68 (1.64) 47.66 (1.53) 33.54 (1.57) 35.71 (1.64) 50.02 (2.17)
    < 10 28.32 (0.97) 24.48 (1.91) 37.30 (2.10) 49.13 (1.83) 23.95 (1.19) 6.44 (0.88) 41.20 (2.40)
    ≥ 10 71.68 (0.97) 75.52 (1.91) 62.70 (2.10) 50.87 (1.83) 76.05 (1.18) 93.56 (0.88) 58.80 (2.40)
US Born2 21.36 (0.79) 16.31 (2.04) 7.32 (1.14) 7.28 (0.94) 23.77 (1.04) 48.14 (1.57) 5.45 (0.95)
Spanish
language1
76.21 (0.90) 76.59 (2.43) 88.27 (1.48) 92.65 (0.86) 77.90 (1.09) 41.23 (1.81) 89.50 (1.42)
CES-D 102 6.99 (0.08) 7.16 (0.22) 6.59 (0.17) 6.95 (0.17) 6.34 (0.13) 8.83 (0.22) 6.49 (0.23)
STAI2 17.02 (0.35) 17.23 (0.26) 16.54 (0.16) 16.31 (0.16) 16.97 (0.13) 18.36 (0.22) 16.25 (0.21)
SF-12 MHS2 49.18 (0.15) 48.51 (0.52) 50.35 (0.33) 49.80 (0.32) 49.49 (0.27) 47.20 (0.42) 50.14 (0.46)

Note.

1

n (%),

2

M (SE); CES-D 10 = Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression (10 items); STAI = Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory; SF-12 MHS = Short-Form Health Survey Mental Health Component.