Table 1.

Characteristics of the CHIS Samples (n = 44,846).

	M ± SD or %
	Total (n = 44,846)	White (n = 31,769)	African American/Black (n = 1,950)	Hispanic/Latino (n = 5,753)	Asian (n = 4,874)	AI/AN (n = 500)	F (chi-square)
Language							(37070.74)***
English (n = 39,918)	89.0	99.8	99.8	47.6	62.0	99.2
Spanish (n = 3,075)	6.9	0.2	0.2	52.4	0	0.8
Vietnamese (n = 885)	2.0	0	0	0	18.1	0
Korean (n = 616)	1.4	0	0	0	12.6	0
Mandarin (n = 187)	0.4	0	0	0	3.8	0
Cantonese (n = 165)	0.4	0	0	0	3.4	0
Age (years)	56.12 ± 17.22	59.24 ± 16.31	54.52 ± 17.06	44.27 ± 16.28	50.56 ± 16.72	54.34 ± 15.94	1188.01***
Female	59.1	59.2	63.9	59.4	56.2	61.2	(36.89)***
Married	52.6	52.0	33.8	51.5	65.9	45.4	(639.85)***
Educational attainment							(7950.50)***
<High school	9.4	3.8	8.4	39.1	10.9	16.4
High school diploma	21.8	20.6	24.5	28.2	19.7	29.0
≥Some college	68.8	75.5	67.2	32.6	69.4	54.6
Annual income (US$)	72363.49 ± 64063.77	79749.59 ± 65968.19	53948.66 ± 51276.55	40070.52 ± 41008.41	71948.03 ± 65636.51	50496.47 ± 52557.78	551.75***
Total K6 (range: 0-24)	2.88 ± 3.50	2.73 ± 3.33	3.01 ± 3.89	3.54 3.92	2.92 ± 3.60	4.01 ± 4.59	80.47***
Serious psychological distress (K6 ≥ 13)	5.9	5.5	7.5	7.4	5.1	11.9	(81.37)***

Note. CHIS = California Health Interview Survey; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native.

^***p < .001.