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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Hisp J Behav Sci. 2019 Jan 10;41(1):103–121. doi: 10.1177/0739986318822535

Table 1:

Respondent characteristics across the three studies

Study 1
(n=33)
Study 2
(n=61)
Study 3
(n=1296)
Mean age in years (SD=standard deviation) 56.7 (9.9) 39.5 (13.4) 59.5 (18.1)
Gender (% female) 60.6 52.5 75.5
Ethnicity (n):
 Mexican American 33 22 446
 Cuban American 0 7 424
 Puerto Rican 0 21 426
 Non-Latino White 0 11 0
Born in the mainland U.S. (%) 21.2 70.0 16.4
Mean number of years in the U.S. among those not born in the mainland U.S. (SD) 34.0 (10.8) 26.6 (14.9) 33.3 (16.9)
Interview language (% Spanish) 60.6 23.0 84.2
Acculturation (Latino respondents only):
 Latino orientation subscale mean N/A 3.9 (0.7) 3.3 (0.5)
 NLW orientation subscale mean N/A 3.7 (0.7) 2.2 (0.6)
Education (%):
 Less than 12th grade N/A 15.0 17.8
 12th grade or equivalent N/A 28.3 44.3
 Some college or technical/vocational school N/A 31.7 18.7
 4-year college degree N/A 8.3 12.0
 Graduate degree N/A 16.7 7.2
Annual household income (%):
 Less than $20,000 N/A 29.8 58.0
 $20,000-$39,999 N/A 33.3 25.0
 $40,000-$59,999 N/A 19.3 9.2
 $60,000 or greater N/A 17.5 7.8