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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Dec 23;35(1):17–28. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220003774

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Sample

Entire Sample
N = 751
Asian
n= 411
Latino
n= 340
p
Mean/N SD/% Mean/N SD/% Mean/N SD/%
Sociodemographic Characteristics
Age 75.88 6.83 75.77 6.98 76.02 6.65 0.61
Gender 0.14
   Female 417 55.53% 218 53.04% 199 58.53%
   Male 334 44.47% 193 46.96% 141 41.47%
Own Education (years) 14.48 3.52 15.59 2.56 13.13 4.03 <.0001
Mixed Race 78 10.39% 10 2.43% 68 20.00% <.0001
Familiarity with the English language 55 7.32% 28 6.81% 27 7.94% 0.5545
Mother's Education 0.0003
   Less than HS 308 29.77% 144 35.04% 164 48.24%
   HS degree or more 306 55.22% 193 46.96% 113 33.24%
   Missing/Refused 137 15.01% 74 18.00% 63 18.53%
Father's Education <.0001
   Less than HS 219 29.16% 90 21.90% 129 37.94%
   HS degree or more 351 46.74% 229 55.72% 122 35.88%
   Missing/Refused 181 24.10% 92 22.38% 89 26.18%
Immigration Characteristics
Foreign Born 342 45.54% 203 49.14% 139 40.88% 0.0198
Age at Immigration (among foreign born) 0.0405
   Childhood (Age immigrated: 0-13 years) 66 8.79% 40 9.73% 26 7.65%
   Adolescence (Age immigrated: 14-18 years) 33 4.39% 15 3.65% 18 5.29%
   Adulthood (19 years or older) 243 32.36% 148 36.01% 95 27.94%
Generation Classification 0.0003
   1st gen (Participant foreign born) 342 45.54% 203 49.39% 139 40. 88%
   2nd gen (Participant US born, any parent foreign born) 254 33.82% 145 35.28% 109 32.06%
   3rd gen (Both parents born in US) 155 20.64% 63 15.33% 92 27.06%
Cognitive Outcomes
   Verbal Episodic Memory 0.00 1.00 0.15 1.01 −0.18 0.97 <.0001
   Semantic Memory −0.13 0.97 −0.27 1.00 0.05 0.91 <.0001
   Executive Function −0.20 0.88 −0.16 0.85 −0.24 0.92 0.2341