Table 1.
Measure | Ethnicity | t | p | |||
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Latino (N=196) | Non-Latino White (N=568) | |||||
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M | SD | M | SD | |||
Age | 40.95 | 13.45 | 44.13 | 13.74 | −2.81 | .005 |
Poverty* | 3.26 | 2.30 | 5.20 | 9.56 | −2.80 | .005 |
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N | % | N | % | χ2 | p | |
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Sex | 14.19 | < .001 | ||||
Male | 40 | 20.41% | 198 | 34.86% | ||
Female | 156 | 79.59% | 370 | 65.14% | ||
Education | 24.95 | <.001 | ||||
Grade 12 or less | 69 | 35.20% | 102 | 17.96% | ||
Some college or more | 127 | 64.80% | 466 | 82.04% |
Income adjusted for family size and age of respondent. Using Federal Poverty Guidelines (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010), we defined individuals with regard to the poverty line such that 0 = poverty level, 1 = 100% above poverty line, 2 = 200% above poverty line, 3 = 300% above the poverty line, etc.