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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2019 Jul 12;37:17–23.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.07.007

Table 1:

Characteristics of 9,257 eligible Hispanics/Latinos attending Visit 2 of HCHS/SOL, by immigration statusa,b

Undocumented non-citizens (N=1403) Documented non-citizens (N=2872) Naturalized citizens (N=3766) US-born citizens (N=1216) P
Field Centerc, n (%) <0.0001
 Bronx 132 (22%) 422 (18%) 650 (21%) 178 (21%)
 Chicago 817 (40%) 591 (11%) 780 (9%) 218 (12%)
 Miami 257 (20%) 1001 (42%) 1231 (42%) 92 (12%)
 San Diego 197 (18%) 858 (28%) 1105 (27%) 728 (55%)
Hispanic/Latino backgroundc, n (%) <0.0001
 Dominican 31 (3%) 323 (12%) 519 (16%) 61 (8%)
 Central American 279 (17%) 363 (10%) 445 (8%) 55 (4%)
 Cuban 20 (2%) 614 (31%) 806 (33%) 67 (10%)
 Mexican 933 (70%) 1290 (39%) 1562 (33%) 818 (60%)
 South American 127 (7%) 232 (6%) 356 (7%) 32 (2%)
 Mixed/other 10 (2%) 42 (2%) 65 (2%) 174 (18%)
Age in years, n (%) <0.0001
 ≤44 625 (66%) 496 (37%) 462 (27%) 661 (77%)
 45–64 710 (32%) 1896 (51%) 2231 (46%) 438 (19%)
 ≥65 68 (2%) 480 (12%) 1073 (27%) 117 (4%)
Sex (male) 533 (47%) 1071 (50%) 1261 (43%) 515 (54%) <0.0001
Interview language Spanish (n, %) 1382 (97%) 2767 (95%) 3531 (90%) 406 (28%) <0.0001
>10 years residing in US 1231 (86%) 2316 (75%) 3502 (89%) 1201 (100%) <0.0001
Completed high school, n (%) 693 (52%) 1663 (68%) 2536 (75%) 990 (84%) <0.0001
Household income < $30,000 / yr 943 (66%) 1704 (54%) 2034 (50%) 438 (33%) <0.0001
Currently employed, n (%) 1061 (78%) 1748 (70%) 1910 (55%) 820 (77%) <0.0001
Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SE)d 0.29 (0.02) 0.47 (0.03) 0.62 (0.03) 0.25 (0.02) <0.0001

HCHS/SOL = Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos

a

Actual sample sizes with weighted proportions to account for probability sampling design of HCHS/SOL

b

Note: numbers may not add up to total due to missingness

c

Data collected as part of HCHS/SOL Visit 1

d

Standard errors adjusted to account for probability sampling design of HCHS/SOL