Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Study Sample by Ethnicity

	African (n = 4234)	Nepali (n = 4802)	Malay (n = 3250)	Indian (n = 10 770)	Chinese (n = 11 002)	Hispanic (n = 5263)	All (n = 39 321)
Age (yrs)
5–7	996 (23.5%)	1166 (24.3%)	416 (12.8%)	1897 (17.6%)	1640 (14.9%)	1616 (30.7%)	7731 (19.7%)
8–10	1343 (31.7%)	1386 (28.9%)	1268 (39.0%)	3740 (34.7%)	3767 (34.2%)	1572 (29.9%)	13 076 (33.3%)
11–13	1231 (29.1%)	1420 (29.6%)	1047 (32.2%)	3424 (31.8%)	3685 (33.5%)	1366 (26.0%)	12 173 (31.0%)
14–15	664 (15.7%)	830 (17.3%)	519 (16.0%)	1709 (15.9%)	1910 (17.4%)	709 (13.5%)	6341 (16.1%)
Gender
Male	2066 (48.8%)	2501 (52.1%)	1680 (51.7%)	5584 (51.8%)	5633 (51.2%)	2667 (50.7%)	20 131 (51.2%)
Female	2168 (51.2%)	2301 (47.9%)	1570 (48.3%)	5186 (48.2%)	5369 (48.8%)	2596 (49.3%)	19 190 (48.8%)