Table 1.
Distribution of demographic and household characteristics of low-income Arizona women by Bidimensional Acculturation Scale classifications (N = 356).
| Characteristics | Total Sample | Less Acculturated Latinas 42% (151) | Bicultural Latinas 25% (88) | More Acculturated Latinas 12% (41) | Non-Hispanic White 21% (76) | p Value |
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 mean ± standard deviation 
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| Age in years (±SD) | 33.1 ± 9.2 | 34.3 ± 7.2 | 30.6 ± 8.9 | 27.3 ± 9.3 | 36.3 ± 10.8 | <0.001 |
| Number of children under age 20 | 2.3 ± 1.3 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.4 ± 1.3 | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 1.5 ± 1.4 | <0.001 |
| Number of adults | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.5 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 2.0 ± 0.9 | 0.011 |
| Total household size | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 5.1 ± 1.6 | 4.9 ± 1.7 | 4.2 ± 1.6 | 3.5 ± 1.8 | <0.001 |
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| Years of Education | <0.001 | |||||
| 6 th grade or less | 11.2 | 25.2a | 2.3b | 0b | 0b | |
| 7–9 th grade—Junior High | 15.4 | 27.2a | 11.4b | 4.9b,c | 2.6c | |
| 10–11 th grade | 14.3 | 14.6a,b | 20.5b | 14.6a,b | 6.6a | |
| 12 th grade or GED | 22.8 | 21.2a | 25.0a,b | 39.0b | 14.5a | |
| Some college—no degree | 24.4 | 6.6a | 27.3b | 31.7b | 52.6c | |
| Associates degree or more | 11.8 | 5.3a | 13.6b | 9.8a,b | 23.7b | |
| Marital Status | <0.001 | |||||
| Single/Divorced/Widowed | 36.1 | 17.3a | 36.4b | 68.3c | 55.3c | |
| Married/Cohabitating | 63.9 | 82.7a | 63.6b | 31.7c | 44.7c | |
| Food Security Status | 0.008 | |||||
| High | 48.4 | 44.8a | 54.5a | 48.8a | 48.0a | |
| Low | 36.9 | 46.9a | 30.7b | 24.4b | 32.0b | |
| Very low | 14.7 | 8.4a | 14.8a,b | 26.8b | 20.0b | |
Same subscript letters (a, b, etc.) indicate column proportions that are not significantly different from each other.