TABLE 1—
Descriptive Statistics of Nonelderly Adults, by Mental Health and Immigration Status: National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2013–2016
| US-Born |
Foreign-Born |
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| No Psychological Distress, No. or Weighted % | Moderate Psychological Distress, No. or Weighted % | Severe Psychological Distress, No. or Weighted % | No Psychological Distress, No. or Weighted % | Moderate Psychological Distress, No. or Weighted % | Severe Psychological Distress, No. or Weighted % | |
| Sample size | 62 628 | 15 785 | 3739 | 14 783 | 2926 | 567 |
| Weighted % | 77.8 | 18.1 | 4.1 | 82.0 | 15.4 | 2.7 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 50.6 | 43.6 | 41.0 | 51.1 | 43.4 | 39.2 |
| Female | 49.4 | 56.5 | 59.0 | 48.9 | 56.6 | 60.9 |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 18–25 | 18.9 | 20.8 | 16.0 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 7.0 |
| 26–34 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 16.8 | 22.4 | 19.7 | 16.5 |
| 35–49 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 40.4 | 39.3 | 40.5 |
| 50–64 | 33.2 | 30.3 | 38.3 | 26.5 | 28.6 | 36.1 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 73.9 | 72.3 | 71.2 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 15.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13.2 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Hispanic | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 47.7 | 50.8 | 64.6 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 26.3 | 22.0 | 12.3 |
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Married | 52.8 | 40.2 | 32.7 | 66.6 | 58.1 | 52.1 |
| Divorced/separated | 12.5 | 17.9 | 26.9 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 22.8 |
| Widowed | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| Never married | 33.1 | 39.4 | 36.5 | 22.2 | 25.1 | 22.1 |
| Missing data | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| < high school | 7.3 | 11.2 | 21.3 | 24.6 | 29.8 | 40.7 |
| High school graduate | 24.3 | 26.9 | 32.3 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 21.3 |
| Some college | 34.4 | 37.8 | 36.5 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 18.7 |
| ≥ bachelor’s degree | 33.8 | 23.8 | 9.6 | 33.7 | 26.7 | 17.7 |
| Missing data | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Family income relative to poverty | ||||||
| ≤ 100% FPG | 9.7 | 18.3 | 33.1 | 16.2 | 22.2 | 36.0 |
| 100%–199% FPG | 13.3 | 20.6 | 27.0 | 22.2 | 27.0 | 28.4 |
| 200%–399% FPG | 26.6 | 27.7 | 21.1 | 25.6 | 24.7 | 19.0 |
| ≥ 400% FPG | 43.5 | 28.2 | 14.3 | 28.5 | 20.3 | 10.4 |
| Missing data | 7.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Health insurance status | ||||||
| Insured | 88.5 | 83.9 | 79.9 | 72.2 | 67.8 | 66.0 |
| Uninsured | 10.9 | 15.5 | 19.6 | 27.4 | 31.5 | 33.2 |
| Missing data | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Health status | ||||||
| Excellent | 34.9 | 19.2 | 7.8 | 35.9 | 20.4 | 15.1 |
| Very good | 35.5 | 29.3 | 14.6 | 31.4 | 25.7 | 14.1 |
| Good | 22.9 | 30.2 | 26.4 | 25.7 | 36.0 | 26.9 |
| Poor/fair | 6.7 | 21.3 | 51.2 | 7.1 | 17.9 | 43.9 |
| Missing data | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| No. of chronic conditionsa | ||||||
| 0 | 58.9 | 45.2 | 26.7 | 71.4 | 57.3 | 40.2 |
| 1 | 25.0 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 19.6 | 24.9 | 26.9 |
| ≥ 2 | 15.6 | 27.5 | 45.8 | 8.4 | 16.8 | 31.9 |
| Missing data | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Note. FPG = federal poverty guidelines (from US Census). Data are from the 2013–2016 National Health Interview Survey, adults aged 18–64 years.
a
Chronic conditions include cancer, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, diabetes, arthritis, hepatitis, and weak or failing kidneys.