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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb;17(1):125–131. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0003-1

Table 1:

Demographic characteristics by acculturation levela

Total (N=67) Low acculturation (n=32) High acculturation (n=35)

N % N % N % p-value

Parents age
 18–39 19 28.8 8 25.8 11 31.4 0.438
 40–49 33 50.0 18 58.1 15 42.9
 ≥50 14 21.2 5 16.1 9 25.7
Gender
 Male 7 10.4 3 9.4 4 11.4 0.784
 Female 60 89.6 29 90.6 31 88.6
Education
 < High School 19 31.1 12 44.4 7 20.6 0.255
 High school graduate 13 21.3 5 18.5 8 23.5
 Some college/trade/technical school 17 27.9 6 22.2 11 32.3
 ≥College graduate 12 19.7 4 14.8 8 23.5
Income
 <$20,000 23 35.9 12 38.7 11 33.3 0.477
 $20,000–34,999 22 34.4 12 38.7 10 30.3
 ≥$35,000 19 29.7 7 22.6 12 36.4
Parent’s birthplace
 Mexico 47 71.2 25 80.7 22 62.9 0.111
 Other 19 28.8 6 19.3 13 37.1
Years living in the U.S.
 0–14 26 38.8 14 43.7 12 34.3 0.427
 ≥15 41 61.2 18 56.3 23 65.7
Daughter received vaccineb
 Yes 27 49.1 13 56.5 14 43.7 0.350
 No 28 50.9 10 43.5 18 56.2
Son received vaccineb
 Yes 11 23.4 8 33.3 3 13.0 0.101
 No 36 76.6 16 66.7 20 87.0
a

Parents age missing for n=1; education missing for n=6, income missing for n=3, parent’s birthplace missing for n=1, years living in the U.S. missing for n=2

b

Received at least one dose of the HPV vaccine, parents who did not know whether their child had received the HPV vaccine were excluded n=9