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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Sep;37(9):1400–1408. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0416

EXHIBIT 1.

Selected characteristics of Latino adults in California before and after implementation of the main provisions ofthe Affordable Care Act, by citizenship and nativity status, 2007–16

Foreign-born (%)
US-born citizen (%)
US citizen
LPR
Undocumented (%)
Characteristic Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Latino heritage
 Mexican 76.57 76.3 74.59 73.47 80.55 80.51 82.23 78.94*
 Other Latino 23.43 23.70 25.41 26.53 19.45 19.49 17.77 21.06
Health care outcomes
 At least one MD visit 77.76 77.09 79.11 78.87 72.23 72.68 59.34 60.05
 At least one ED visit 21.63 24.55** 16.23 19.30* 14.67 16.20 12.91 15.84*
 Usual source of care 74.62 76.39 78.47 82.78* 67.02 72.91** 54.35 59.79**
Health insurance type
 None 21.73 13.82**** 24.97 13.78**** 38.47 21.03**** 55.92 48.02***
 Public 20.45 35.23**** 16.83 33.44**** 23.53 44.19**** 28.18 38.67****
 Private 57.82 50.94**** 58.20 52.78** 38.00 34.79 15.90 13.24
Explanatory variables
 Female 49.20 49.10 49.80 55.52** 48.87 49.59 48.69 47.30
 Married 35.46 29.70*** 68.94 65.36 63.39 58.36* 45.33 44.78
 Age (years) *** **** **** ****
  18–29 49.80 53.57 12.45 8.42 15.89 13.14 29.14 14.48
  30–39 19.67 20.00 21.00 15.60 28.75 20.43 42.15 42.47
  40–49 15.56 12.31 32.75 29.65 32.14 33.50 21.84 30.60
  50–64 14.98 14.12 33.80 46.33 23.21 32.93 6.87 12.44
Education *** *
  Less than high school 10.95 8.67 38.52 40.75 58.62 61.59 64.11 64.15
  High school graduate 37.41 33.98 28.71 23.99 21.58 20.47 24.15 23.52
  College or more 51.64 57.34 32.77 35.26 19.80 17.94 11.74 12.33
English use and proficiency
  Speak very well/well 98.44 98.12 60.45 58.30 33.13 31.83 16.06 18.52
  Speak not well/not at all  1.56   1.88 39.55 41.70 66.87 68.17 83.94 81.48
Income (percent of poverty) ***
  0–138% 25.14 30.76 32.47 36.12 53.68 52.04 74.21 72.35
  139–250% 21.15 22.08 28.17 26.88 28.39 29.32 18.18 19.73
  251 −400% 20.73 19.32 19.36 19.35   9.82 12.61   5.13   5.65
  More than 400% 32.99 27.84 20.00 17.65   8.10   6.04   2.47   2.27
Years in the US
  0–4 a a   0.59   0.17****   5.29   6.94**** 14.01   7.02****
  5–9 a a   2.82   1.55   9.11   7.34 25.59 12.95
  10–14 a a   6.63   4.96 12.01 12.26 28.33 27.28
  15 or more a a 89.96 93.32 73.60 73.47 32.07 52.75

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data for 2007–16 from the California Health Interview Survey. NOTES The pre period is 2007–13. The post period is 2014–16. A full list of explanatory variables, including self-reported health status, chronic conditions, urban versus rural residence, and California region, is in the online appendix (see note 28 in text). Significance was measured using t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. LPR is legal permanent resident (for example, a green card holder). MD is physician. ED is emergency department.

a

Not applicable.

*

p < 0.10

**

p < 0.05

***

p < 0.01

****

p < 0.001