Table 2.

Demographic and Health Characteristics Comparing Low Versus

Nativity acculturation	Females				Males
	Native-born		Foreign-born		Native-born		Foreign-born
	Low	Medium/High	Low	Medium/High	Low	Medium/High	Low	Medium/High
Demographics
Age (M)	72.9	72.0**	73.9	73.6	72.2	71.8	73.4	74.8
Education (M years)	2.4	7.0***	3.2	5.6***	2.9	7.2***	2.1	5.2***
Marital status (married)	43.9	45.8	39.9	37.0	63.9	74.8	75.0	77.7
Number of children	5.7	4.5***	5.1	4.4*	5.0	4.4*	6.3	5.6*
Life course stage at migration
Childhood	—	—	17.2	38.2***	—	—	19.9	34.3***
Mid life	—	—	52.4	49.1***	—	—	56.5	50.0***
Late life	—	—	30.4	12.7***	—	—	23.6	15.8***
Social support
Emotional support (most of the time)	76.3	74.8	73.4	61.3*	71.5	68.2	76.3	63.3*
Instrumental support (most of the time)	75.8	79.1	76.2	61.8*	69.2	70.9	78.3	66.6
Living arrangements
Spouse only	28.9	29.5	22.6	20.8	37.9	45.4*	31.5	39.9
Spouse/others	42.0	41.4	51.2	45.7	34.7	42.0*	56.0	47.1
Alone	29.1	29.1	26.2	33.5	27.5	12.6*	12.5	13.1
Health
Any ADL	9.7	7.0	12.7	11.6	7.1	8.1	9.3	9.7
Any IADL	60.8	50.0**	77.1	61.9**	43.6	34.8*	50.9	44.0**
Limited physical mobility (POMA)	76.1	59.2***	60.3	65.2	62.5	53.9	45.7	56.9
Chronic conditions (M)	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.3	1.2	1.2
N	239	661	416	258	132	503	252	244

Source. Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (HEPESE) Wave 1.

Note. These data have been inflated using person weights to obtain sample estimates. ADL = Activities of Daily Living; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; POMA = performance-oriented mobility assessment.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.