Table 3.

Initial and Current Practice Settings of Hispanic/Latino Dentists

Practice Setting	Practice Type	Initial Primary Practice Setting† (n=5,521)	Current Primary Practice Setting‡ (n=5,229)	Average Year of Joining Current Primary Practice¶ (n=4,929)	Current Secondary Practice Setting‡ (n=1,260)
Solo Practice	Traditional	38.1% (n=2,104)	58.6% (n=3,064)	1982	14.8% (n=187)
Associate	Traditional	21.1% (n=1,164)	8.8% (n=461)	2005	12.2% (n=154)
Contractor	Traditional	10.4% (n=572)	5.4% (n=282)	2004	25.9% (n=326)
Group Practice	Traditional	6.0% (n=333)	9.7% (n=505)	2000	8.9% (n=112)
Corporate	Corporate	6.6% (n=366)	4.2% (n=220)	2005	6.0% (n=75)
Local or Federal Government	Public	2.1% (n=118)	2.3% (n=107)	1999	6.7% (n=85)
Public Health Corps	Public	1.1% (n=59)	0.0% (n=2)	2001	0.2% (n=2)
IHS	Safety-net	0.1% (n=7)	0.3% (n=18)	2004	0.5% (n=6)
Civil Hire on Indian Land	Safety-net	0.0% (n=2)	0.3% (n=15)	2007	0.0% (n=0)
Health Center	Safety-net	4.7% (n=261)	4.5% (n=235)	2003	7.8% (n=98)
Hospital	Safety-net	1.3% (n=74)	0.8% (n=42)	2005	1.8% (n=23)
Armed Forces	Safety-net	4.4% (n=241)	0.9% (n=49)	1996	1.0% (n=13)
Prison	Safety-net	0.3% (n=15)	0.2% (n=11)	2002	1.1% (n=14)
Educational Institution	Education	3.7% (n=194)	2.9% (n= 13)	2001	13.1% (n=165)
Industry	Industry	0.0% (n=0)	0.5% (n=24)	Missing	0.0% (n=0)

^*Missing data

^†Asked of all respondents (n=5,784)

^‡Asked of all professionally active respondents (n=5,588)

^¶Asked of clinically active dentists (n=5,342)