Table 1.
Sample characteristics by ethnic origin: non-institutionalized adults aged 18 years or over, California Health Interview Survey 2009 (n 36 271)
| Overall (n 36 271) | White (n 31 167) | Chinese American (n 1065) | Japanese American (n 428) | Korean American (n 958) | Filipino American (n 507) | South Asian American (n 420) | Vietnamese American (n 1423) | Other Asian American (n 303) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | Mean or % | se | P value* |
| Number of times drink soda per week | 1·67 | 0·09 | 1·79 | 0·11 | 0·68 | 0·08 | 1·41 | 0·36 | 1·01 | 0·17 | 1·81 | 0·25 | 1·37 | 0·27 | 1·51 | 0·32 | 1·49 | 0·19 | <0·001 |
| Obese (%) | 18·08 | 0·44 | 21·08 | 0·47 | 3·72 | 0·74 | 13·73 | 2·87 | 3·76 | 1·61 | 13·62 | 2·69 | 4·57 | 1·03 | 5·99 | 1·46 | 9·47 | 2·36 | <0·001 |
| Foreign-born (%) | 22·61 | 0·45 | 8·96 | 0·39 | 76·97 | 3·04 | 21·32 | 2·72 | 62·86 | 6·03 | 65·29 | 3·41 | 84·76 | 4·17 | 78·33 | 0·61 | 62·02 | 4·83 | <0·001 |
| Female (%) | 51·45 | 0·07 | 50·96 | 0·00 | 52·63 | 2·88 | 58·98 | 3·23 | 70·62 | 5·00 | 52·62 | 3·41 | 41·46 | 3·80 | 48·11 | 5·10 | 57·46 | 5·55 | 0·0052 |
| Age (years) | 47·56 | 0·11 | 49·01 | 0·13 | 44·61 | 0·81 | 51·82 | 1·53 | 37·93 | 1·21 | 44·04 | 1·01 | 38·46 | 1·02 | 41·58 | 1·25 | 36·13 | 1·47 | <0·001 |
| Education (years) | 14·41 | 0·04 | 14·40 | 0·03 | 14·06 | 0·44 | 14·99 | 0·21 | 14·57 | 0·21 | 14·33 | 0·18 | 16·47 | 0·21 | 13·10 | 0·29 | 14·07 | 0·31 | <0·001 |
| Annual household income ($US, thousands) | 88·61 | 0·74 | 90·74 | 0·80 | 76·72 | 3·01 | 90·74 | 4·58 | 86·28 | 7·98 | 78·56 | 5·64 | 120·06 | 7·86 | 54·94 | 3·96 | 63·72 | 5·09 | <0·001 |
Means, frequencies and se are weighted.
*
P value test for differences among Asian-origin groups.