Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Adults with 0–4 Years of U.S. Residence, Ages 35–45
| All Origin | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | |
| Native | Immigrant | Native | Immigrant | Native | Immigrant | Native | Immigrant | Native | Immigrant | |
| Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | |
| Health outcomes | ||||||||||
| Hypertension | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.29 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.08 |
| Diabetes | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Obese (BMI 30+) | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Age | 40.07 | 39.10 | 40.14 | 39.24 | 39.93 | 38.70 | 39.65 | 39.11 | 39.55 | 39.14 |
| Female | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.52 |
| Observations | 84,634 | 2328 | 61,951 | 359 | 14,034 | 244 | 7742 | 1126 | 907 | 599 |
Note. BMI = body mass index; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey. Source: 2000–2018 NHIS. All statistics use NHIS annual weights. Sample sizes are based on hypertension reports because, hypertension has the highest reporting rate.