Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, and health care access and utilization of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adolescents and young adults, age 15–24 years, by language of interview and nativity, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2010 (n = 6,091)
| Unweighted sample size (weighted %) | Racial/ethnic groups by language and nativity | ||||
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| Hispanic, Spanish, non-U.S. native, n = 262 (4.0%); % (SE) | Hispanic, English, non-U.S. native, n = 297 (3.3%); % (SE) | Hispanic, English, U.S. native, n = 1,367 (15.6%); % (SE) | Non-Hispanic white, English, U.S. native, n = 4,165 (77.1%); % (SE) | p valuea | |
| Population total estimate | 1,296,000 | 1,052,000 | 5,023,000 | 24,874,000 | |
| Time in U.S. (years), mean (SE) | 4.8 (.4) | 12.6 (.5) | — | — | <.0001 |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||
| Age (years) | <.0001 | ||||
| 15–19 | 28.2 (3.8) | 52.9 (3.8) | 58.6 (1.9) | 49.9 (1.7) | |
| 20–24 | 71.8 (3.8) | 47.1 (3.8) | 41.4 (1.9) | 50.1 (1.7) | |
| Gender | .9347 | ||||
| Female | 46.1 (4.7) | 49.1 (4.3) | 49.2 (1.8) | 49.0 (1.1) | |
| Male | 54.0 (4.7) | 50.9 (4.3) | 50.8 (1.8) | 51.0 (1.1) | |
| Income–poverty ratio | <.0001 | ||||
| 0%–133% federal poverty level | 70.6 (3.5) | 49.4 (4.1) | 46.3 (2.5) | 30.2 (1.3) | |
| ≥134% federal poverty level | 29.4 (3.5) | 50.6 (4.1) | 53.7 (2.5) | 69.8 (1.3) | |
| Residence | .0002 | ||||
| MSA, central city | 41.2 (4.6) | 38.9 (4.9) | 41.5 (3.8) | 29.5 (3.8) | |
| MSA, other | 46.2 (5.2) | 50.3 (5.5) | 50.9 (4.4) | 45.1 (3.0) | |
| Non-MSA | 12.6 (5.1) | 10.8 (4.3) | 7.6 (2.2) | 25.4 (2.7) | |
| Sexual behaviorsb | |||||
| Ever had vaginal sex | .0024 | ||||
| Yes | 76.2 (3.3) | 65.8 (3.8) | 64.7 (1.7) | 61.7 (1.7) | |
| No | 23.8 (3.3) | 34.2 (3.8) | 35.3 (1.7) | 38.3 (1.7) | |
| Only had vaginal sex once | .1654 | ||||
| Yes | 1.8 (1.0) | 4.6 (1.7) | 5.0 (.9) | 3.8 (.5) | |
| No | 98.3 (1.0) | 95.4 (1.7) | 95.0 (.9) | 96.3 (.5) | |
| Age difference at the first vaginal sex | .0004 | ||||
| ≤5 years | 72.9 (4.1) | 91.8 (2.8) | 95.8 (.8) | 94.9 (.8) | |
| ≥6 years | 27.2 (4.1) | 8.2 (2.8) | 4.2 (.8) | 5.1 (.8) | |
| Condom use at the first vaginal sex | .0022 | ||||
| Yes | 52.6 (4.3) | 70.6 (4.3) | 71.0 (2.5) | 73.6 (2.1) | |
| No | 47.4 (4.3) | 29.4 (4.3) | 29.0 (2.5) | 26.4 (2.1) | |
| Condom use at the last vaginal sex | .1305 | ||||
| Yes | 41.0 (4.7) | 53.1 (5.4) | 51.7 (2.6) | 53.3 (1.9) | |
| No | 59.0 (4.7) | 46.9 (5.4) | 48.3 (2.6) | 46.7 (1.9) | |
| Ever had oral sex | .0066 | ||||
| Yes | 47.8 (4.2) | 47.9 (3.7) | 47.5 (1.8) | 57.3 (2.0) | |
| No | 54.2 (4.2) | 52.1 (3.7) | 52.6 (1.8) | 42.7 (2.0) | |
| Ever had anal sex | .3913 | ||||
| Yes | 28.2 (4.2) | 26.3 (3.6) | 22.7 (1.3) | 22.0 (1.4) | |
| No | 71.8 (4.2) | 73.7 (3.6) | 77.3 (1.3) | 78.0 (1.4) | |
| Health care access and utilization | |||||
| Health insurance coveragec | <.0001 | ||||
| Private insuranced | 15.1 (3.6) | 35.9 (3.4) | 42.8 (2.0) | 70.2 (1.8) | |
| Public insurancee | 20.1 (3.2) | 23.3 (3.1) | 32.1 (2.1) | 15.0 (1.1) | |
| No insurancef | 64.8 (4.2) | 40.8 (3.6) | 25.1 (2.0) | 14.8 (1.0) | |
| Gap in health insurance, past 12 months | <.0001 | ||||
| Yes | 70.2 (3.8) | 53.4 (3.8) | 33.3 (2.3) | 22.8 (1.3) | |
| No | 29.8 (3.8) | 46.6 (3.8) | 66.7 (2.3) | 77.2 (1.3) | |
| Regular place for medical careg | .0001 | ||||
| Yes | 48.5 (5.3) | 60.2 (4.7) | 70.5 (1.9) | 80.8 (1.2) | |
| No | 51.5 (5.3) | 39.8 (4.7) | 29.6 (1.9) | 19.2 (1.2) | |
| Chlamydia test, past 12 months (females)h | .0191 | ||||
| Yes | 15.1 (4.6) | 19.3 (3.8) | 28.1 (3.2) | 25.5 (1.8) | |
| No | 84.9 (4.6) | 80.7 (3.8) | 71.9 (3.2) | 74.5 (1.8) | |
| STD test, past 12 months (males)h | .2059 | ||||
| Yes | 14.5 (4.8) | 15.5 (4.9) | 17.3 (1.9) | 12.3 (1.4) | |
| No | 85.5 (4.8) | 84.5 (4.9) | 82.7 (1.9) | 87.7 (1.4) | |
| STD treatment, past 12 months | .6193 | ||||
| Yes | 2.9 (1.1) | 2.4 (.9) | 3.8 (.6) | 3.7 (.4) | |
| No | 91.1 (1.1) | 97.6 (.9) | 96.3 (.6) | 96.3 (.4) | |
CMH = Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel; MSA = metropolitan statistical area; SE = standard error; STD = sexually transmitted disease.
p Values are estimated for the CMH Test of Association.
The following variables were only asked of respondents that reported ever having vaginal sex: only had vaginal sex once, age difference at the first vaginal sex, condom use at the first vaginal sex, and condom use at the last vaginal sex.
Health insurance coverage was current as of the interview date. Several response options were recoded into public, private, and no insurance.
Private health insurance includes private or Medi-Gap.
Public health insurance includes Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, state-sponsored health plan, Medicare, military health care, or other government health care.
No health insurance includes single-service plan, only by the Indian Health Service, or not covered by health insurance.
The regular place for medical care was asked from 2008 to 2010 (n = 4,599).
For males, the STD test is for gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, or syphilis, in the past 12 months. For females, the STD test is a chlamydia test in the past 12 months. There is a statistically significant difference in the CMH chi-square test of association for gender and STD test (p value <.0001).