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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Apr 1;124(Suppl 7):1552–1559. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31216

Table 1.

Sociodemographic, Health, and Health Care Characteristics among Filipino, Hmong, and Korean Participants (n=981)

Total (N=981) Filipino (N=304) Hmong (N=329) Korean (N=348)
%
Sociodemographics
Age 50–64 years 65.2* 57.2 73.3 64.7
Female 78.3* 76.6 74.2 83.6
Foreign-Born 96.3* 90.5 98.8 99.1
Lived in the U.S. 10 years or more 85.1 85.5 82.4 87.4
Limited English proficiency 73.8*** 29.3 95.7 92.0
High school graduate or higher educational level 55.5*** 73.7 5.2 87.1
Employed 35.9*** 59.5 9.1 40.5
Married 65.9 64.1 64.7 68.4
Annual household income
 Less than $20,000 39.1*** 28.0 53.8 35.1
 $20,000 or more 37.7 54.9 4.0 54.6
 Unknown 23.1 17.1 42.3 10.3
Health and healthcare
Family history of colorectal cancer 6.3*** 7.9 1.8 9.2
Fair or poor self-reported health 38.2*** 17.1 46.5 48.9
Has health insurance 86.1*** 94.1 95.1 70.7
Has regular place for healthcare 83.3*** 93.1 94.2 64.4
Has primary care doctor 83.4*** 92.8 92.1 67.0
Has Asian primary care doctor 54.8*** 58.9 39.2 66.1
Saw a doctor in the last 12 months 81.6*** 88.2 84.8 72.7
Need interpreter for healthcare visit 36.1*** 7.6 64.4 34.2
Need help reading health materials 55.3*** 22.2 87.7 53.7
Saw a traditional healer in last 12 months 27.4*** 9.5 29.5 41.0
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001 for the comparison between the 3 ethnic groups.