Table 2.

Descriptive characteristics of Hispanic participants (N=2680).

Variables			Respondents
Demographic factors
	Gender, n (%)
		Men	747 (27.87)
		Women	1919 (71.60)
	Employment status, n (%)
		Employed	987 (36.83)
		Unemployed	1693 (63.17)
	Marital status, n (%)
		Married/living as	935 (34.89)
		Otherwise	1724 (64.33)
	Education, n (%)
		<High school graduate	1335 (49.81)
		≥High school graduate	1298 (48.43)
	Birthplace, n (%)
		Born in the United States	323 (12.05)
		Born in the other countries	2349 (87.65)
	Insurance, n (%)
		Medicare/Medicaid	2032 (75.82)
		Others (VA, private, etc)	392 (14.63)
		None	356 (13.28)
	Age (years), mean (SD)		50.0 (17.1)
Situational factors
	General health status, n (%)
		<Good	612 (22.84)
		≥Good	1994 (74.40)
	Hypertension, n (%)
		Yes	986 (36.79)
		No	1662 (62.01)
	Serious personal health problems, n (%)
		Yes	187 (6.98)
		No	2471 (92.20)
Literacy factors
	Health literacy, n (%)
		Adequate literacy	1009 (37.65)
		Inadequate literacy	1553 (57.95)
	SNS membership, n (%)
		Yes	595 (22.20)
		No	1750 (65.30)
	Online health information–seeking behaviors, n (%)
		Yes	198 (7.39)
		No	2471 (92.20)
Health behaviors
	Physical activity (times/week), mean (SD)		1.6 (11.4)
	Fruit consumption (times/day), mean (SD)		0.8 (1.5)
	Vegetable consumption (times/day), mean (SD)		0.8 (1.7)
	Alcohol consumption, n (%)
		<1 per month	1851 (69.07)
		1-19 per month	660 (24.63)
		≥20 per month	54 (2.01)
	Medication adherence, a n (%)
		High adherence	255 (30.9)
		Medium adherence	217 (26.3)
		Low adherence	353 (42.8)

^a Sample size for medication adherence is n=825.