TABLE 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics (%), overall and by Asian–American subgroup a
| Total | East Asian b | South Asian b | Southeast Asian b | Multi‐ethnic b | Asian Indian | Chinese/Cantonese | Filipino | Japanese | Korean | Taiwan ese | Vietnamese | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N) | 3018 | 1737 | 570 | 587 | 124 | 883 | 1078 | 322 | 293 | 251 | 221 | 112 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 46.6% | 47.2% | 49.5% | 43.1% | 40.3% | 48.9% | 48.0% | 41.0% | 48.4% | 44.3% | 38.4% | 42.6% |
| Female | 53.3% | 52.6% | 50.5% | 56.9% | 58.1% | 51.1% | 51.9% | 59.0% | 51.3% | 55.7% | 61.6% | 57.4% |
| Other/refused/missing | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 15.3% | 12.2% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 21.0% | 18.1% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 6.2% | 19.0% | 9.8% | 30.3% |
| 25–34 | 21.1% | 16.4% | 29.8% | 25.4% | 26.6% | 27.4% | 18.6% | 24.2% | 12.2% | 18.1% | 17.0% | 26.7% |
| 35–44 | 19.5% | 17.6% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 18.5% | 23.9% | 17.0% | 24.5% | 10.0% | 30.8% | 26.8% | 20.3% |
| 45–54 | 17.0% | 19.2% | 11.6% | 16.7% | 11.3% | 11.7% | 18.2% | 17.1% | 19.3% | 19.5% | 17.9% | 11.6% |
| 55–64 | 12.6% | 15.7% | 7.9% | 8.5% | 10.5% | 8.4% | 14.7% | 9.9% | 20.8% | 8.1% | 16.1% | 5.6% |
| 65–99 | 13.8% | 18.6% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 9.3% | 16.7% | 8.4% | 31.0% | 3.6% | 12.5% | 4.4% |
| Refused/missing | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Country of origin, father | ||||||||||||
| United States | 30.0% | 36.1% | 20.4% | 21.5% | 28.2% | 19.7% | 23.0% | 27.6% | 71.6% | 43.9% | 9.8% | 15.9% |
| Outside of the United States | 64.4% | 60.0% | 72.1% | 72.6% | 52.4% | 72.6% | 72.8% | 67.7% | 26.0% | 50.2% | 87.5% | 74.5% |
| Other/Don't know/Refused/Missing | 5.6% | 3.9% | 7.5% | 6.0% | 19.4% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 2.4% | 5.9% | 2.7% | 9.6% |
| Country of origin, mother | ||||||||||||
| United States | 26.4% | 32.7% | 17.7% | 15.7% | 29.0% | 17.5% | 21.2% | 17.7% | 65.9% | 36.7% | 8.9% | 12.7% |
| Outside of the United States | 67.2% | 63.6% | 72.3% | 77.3% | 47.6% | 72.8% | 74.8% | 75.5% | 32.2% | 57.9% | 87.5% | 77.7% |
| Other/Don't know/Refused/Missing | 6.4% | 3.7% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 23.4% | 9.7% | 4.1% | 6.8% | 1.9% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 9.6% |
| Country of origin, at least one parent | ||||||||||||
| United States | 40.2% | 44.7% | 32.6% | 31.5% | 53.2% | 32.3% | 32.6% | 34.8% | 78.3% | 52.9% | 18.8% | 29.5% |
| Outside of the United States | 59.7% | 55.3% | 67.4% | 68.5% | 45.2% | 67.7% | 67.4% | 65.2% | 21.7% | 47.1% | 81.3% | 70.5% |
| Other/don't know/refused/missing | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Country of origin, self | ||||||||||||
| United States | 56.3% | 63.4% | 38.9% | 52.0% | 56.5% | 37.4% | 60.9% | 46.6% | 78.8% | 58.4% | 42.0% | 62.9% |
| Outside of the United States | 39.3% | 34.1% | 52.8% | 44.1% | 26.6% | 55.1% | 36.6% | 48.8% | 19.3% | 38.5% | 54.5% | 33.5% |
| Other/don't know/refused/missing | 4.5% | 2.5% | 8.2% | 3.9% | 16.9% | 7.5% | 2.5% | 4.7% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| Acculturation score (10–50) | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||||
| Less than 9th grade | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| 9th to 12th grade—No diploma | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
| GED or equivalent | 5.8% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 9.7% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 4.8% | 10.1% | 4.7% | 7.5% | 4.3% | 7.7% |
| Some college, no degree | 12.6% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 15.8% | 13.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 18.3% | 12.6% | 11.3% | 6.3% | 15.5% |
| Associate's degree | 7.5% | 7.4% | 5.8% | 8.7% | 11.3% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 9.9% | 12.4% | 8.6% | 2.7% | 5.6% |
| Bachelor's degree | 41.3% | 42.5% | 38.6% | 41.7% | 35.5% | 38.3% | 42.4% | 42.2% | 42.7% | 41.6% | 38.4% | 42.2% |
| Graduate or Professional degree | 29.8% | 31.4% | 36.0% | 19.6% | 26.6% | 39.8% | 32.7% | 16.8% | 26.3% | 28.5% | 45.5% | 21.1% |
| Don't know/refused/missing | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Household size | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 18.6% | 22.6% | 12.5% | 13.1% | 17.7% | 11.1% | 21.3% | 13.7% | 21.7% | 28.1% | 18.8% | 12.4% |
| 2 | 30.5% | 34.1% | 24.0% | 26.2% | 29.8% | 26.1% | 31.9% | 24.8% | 44.2% | 21.7% | 43.8% | 23.9% |
| 3 | 20.6% | 19.7% | 23.9% | 19.6% | 21.8% | 25.2% | 21.3% | 21.4% | 17.2% | 15.4% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| 4 | 20.5% | 17.2% | 27.4% | 24.5% | 15.3% | 29.2% | 18.5% | 22.4% | 11.9% | 24.9% | 14.3% | 27.1% |
| 5 | 6.1% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 11.6% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 12.1% | 3.6% | 8.1% | 1.8% | 13.1% |
| >5 | 3.4% | 1.8% | 6.3% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 5.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4.0% |
| Don't know/refused/missing | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.9% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Household income b | ||||||||||||
| Total (median (IQR)) | $90,000 ($50,000, $145,000) | $95,000 ($55,000, $150,000) | $90,000 ($50,000, $130,000) | $75,000 ($49,000, $120,000) | $75,750 ($36,000, $145,000) | $95,000 ($56,000, $139,500) | $95,000 ($50,000, $150,000) | $74,500 ($48,000, $120,000) | $97,000 ($60,000, $149,000) | $87,000 ($50,000, $149,999) | $100,000 ($75,000, $160,000) | $75,000 ($50,000, $120,750) |
| Refused/missing/implausible | 21.0% | 17.4% | 23.2% | 25.7% | 38.7% | 21.9% | 18.4% | 26.1% | 18.1% | 15.4% | 13.4% | 27.9% |
| Less than $20,000 | 11.2% | 5.0% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 11.3% | 7.7% | 4.4% | 8.7% | 5.3% | 8.6% | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| $20,000 or more | 82.1% | 89.2% | 84.4% | 84.7% | 69.4% | 84.7% | 89.3% | 83.2% | 87.8% | 85.5% | 87.5% | 84.9% |
| Don't know/refused/missing/implausible | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7.5% | 7.3% | 19.4% | 7.5% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 6.9% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 9.6% |
| Relationship status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 51.7% | 50.6% | 59.6% | 47.9% | 47.6% | 62.6% | 47.0% | 52.8% | 57.8% | 43.9% | 57.1% | 36.7% |
| Widowed | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 1.6% |
| Divorced | 4.6% | 5.9% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1.6% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 3.4% | 10.0% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Separated | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 42.5% | 32.1% | 51.0% |
| Never married | 35.3% | 35.3% | 29.8% | 40.0% | 37.1% | 27.0% | 39.6% | 37.0% | 24.1% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 7.6% |
| Living with partner | 4.5% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 2.0% |
| Don't know/refused/missing | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 9.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Occupational status | ||||||||||||
| Working at a job or business | 52.9% | 54.5% | 51.8% | 50.8% | 46.8% | 53.5% | 53.4% | 46.6% | 47.0% | 67.0% | 59.8% | 55.0% |
| With a job or business but not at work | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 9.7% | 4.9% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 3.2% | 6.3% | 4.4% |
| Looking for work | 8.9% | 7.0% | 12.3% | 11.4% | 9.7% | 11.3% | 7.8% | 11.8% | 7.6% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 9.2% |
| Not working at a job or business | 21.0% | 24.8% | 15.1% | 16.7% | 15.3% | 14.8% | 23.1% | 20.2% | 34.4% | 11.3% | 22.3% | 12.0% |
| Part‐time or full‐time student | 9.8% | 7.3% | 12.3% | 13.8% | 14.5% | 12.6% | 9.1% | 13.0% | 4.3% | 10.9% | 6.3% | 17.1% |
| Don't know/refused/missing | 1.9% | 0.9% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2.4% |
| Do you or anyone in your household currently get SNAP? | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 7.7% | 5.8% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 12.1% | 10.6% | 6.0% | 11.8% | 4.5% | 9.5% | 4.5% | 8.0% |
| No | 87.0% | 90.8% | 80.7% | 83.6% | 77.4% | 81.9% | 90.5% | 83.5% | 93.6% | 84.2% | 92.9% | 83.3% |
| Don't know/refused | 5.3% | 3.4% | 8.6% | 6.6% | 10.5% | 7.5% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 1.9% | 6.3% | 2.7% | 8.8% |
a
The total and Asian ethnic subgroups (East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Multiethnic Asian) column are inclusive of columns representing responses from national identities [Chinese/Cantonese, Asian Indian, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Taiwanese].
b
Excludes <$100 and >$1000000.5.