Table 1. Prevalence of demographic and socioeconomic variables by race/ethnicity and Hispanic/Latino heritage group from the NYC CHS, 2012-2016.
| non-Hispanic/Latino White | All Hispanic/Latino | Hispanic/Latino heritage groups | ||||||
| Pa | Puerto Rican | Dominican | Central and South American | Other | Pb | |||
| N, respondents | 16,302 | 13,305 | 3,827 | 4,345 | 2,812 | 2,148 | ||
| Age group | ||||||||
| 18-24 yrs | 8% | 16% | <.001 | 17% | 18% | 13% | 18% | <.001 |
| 25-44 yrs | 37% | 43% | 34% | 37% | 45% | 57% | ||
| 45-64 yrs | 33% | 30% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 20% | ||
| ≥65 yrs | 22% | 11% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 5% | ||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 48% | 45% | .02 | 44% | 41% | 48% | 49% | <.001 |
| Female | 52% | 55% | 56% | 59% | 52% | 51% | ||
| Educational attainment | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 4% | 41% | <.001 | 33% | 42% | 40% | 46% | <.001 |
| High school graduate | 17% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 26% | ||
| Some college/technical school | 22% | 21% | 27% | 21% | 20% | 15% | ||
| College graduate | 56% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 13% | ||
| Health insurance status | ||||||||
| Insured | 92% | 75% | <.001 | 88% | 86% | 66% | 57% | <.001 |
| Uninsured | 8% | 25% | 12% | 14% | 34% | 43% | ||
| Household poverty | ||||||||
| <200% federal poverty level | 26% | 72% | <.001 | 63% | 79% | 70% | 75% | <.001 |
| ≥200% federal poverty level | 74% | 28% | 37% | 21% | 30% | 25% | ||
| Acculturationc | ||||||||
| More acculturated | 71% | 26% | <.001 | 63% | 16% | 13% | 18% | <.001 |
| Bicultural | 23% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 20% | 18% | ||
| Less acculturated | 7% | 56% | 18% | 69% | 67% | 64% | ||
Data are age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population and weighted to NYC adult residential population. Due to rounding, percentages may not sum to 100%.
a. P-values from chi-square tests comparing demographic characteristics among non-Hispanic/Latino White to all Hispanic/Latinos.
b. P values from chi-square test comparing demographic characteristics across Hispanic/Latino heritage groups.
c. More acculturated refers to respondents born in the 50 US states or DC who answered survey in English; bicultural refers to those born in the 50 US states or DC who answered in a language other than English or who were born outside the 50 US states and DC and answered in English; less acculturated refers to those born outside the 50 US states or DC who responded in a language other than English. For Hispanic/Latino respondents, excluded 3 respondents who answered in languages other than Spanish.