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. 2021 Jul 24;15:100869. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100869

Table 1.

Participant characteristics: Percent or mean (SD).

Characteristics Whole Sample Latinx Non-Latinx F-stat (p-value)
Observations N = 257,763 N = 39,934 N = 217,829
Diabetes 9.6% 10.4% 9.5% 16.94 (<0.001)
Latinx 12.7% 100.0% 0.0% -- --
Age (Mean) 49.05 (18.48) 42.88 (16.65) 49.95 (18.56) 1611 (<0.001)
Female 53.4% 52.9% 53.5% 2.42 (0.120)
Race 357.7 (<0.001)
White 80.8% 90.8% 79.4%
African American 12.8% 4.2% 14.0%
Asian 4.9% 1.8% 5.4%
Native American 1.0% 2.4% 0.8%
Other 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
Education 2178 (<0.001)
Less Than High School 12.2% 30.4% 9.6%
HS Diploma or GED 24.7% 25.5% 24.6%
More than High School 62.8% 43.4% 65.6%
Unknown 0.3% 0.7% 0.3%
Income (Federal Poverty Level) 1065 (<0.001)
<1 FPL 14.8% 24.4% 13.4%
1.00–1.99 FPL 18.9% 27.6% 17.6%
2.00–3.99 FPL 29.2% 28.1% 29.3%
≥4 FPL 37.2% 19.9% 39.7%
Household Size (Mean) 2.38 (1.41) 3.07 (1.73) 2.28 (1.33) 2508 (<0.001)
Married 44.4% 45.9% 44.2% 16.96 (<0.001)
Census Region 242.0 (<0.001)
Northeast 17.4% 14.3% 17.9%
North Central/Midwest 23.6% 9.4% 25.6%
South 36.7% 38.1% 36.5%
West 22.3% 38.2% 20.0%
BMI (Mean) 27.45 (5.41) 28.04 (5.19) 27.37 (5.43) 251.1 (<0.001)
Smoking Status 593.7 (<0.001)
Smokes 17.1% 12.0% 17.9%
Quit 23.5% 15.8% 24.6%
Never Smoked 59.3% 72.0% 57.4%
Unknown 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Health Insurance 1943 (<0.001)
No Coverage 12.3% 27.7% 10.0%
Coverage 87.4% 71.9% 89.6%
Unknown 0.3% 0.4% 0.3%
Nativity 8163 (<0.001)
Born in U.S. 84.2% 44.0% 90.0%
Not Born in U.S. 15.8% 55.8% 9.9%
Birthplace Unknown 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Interview Language English Only 95.3% 67.5% 99.4% 15,200 (<0.001)
Latinx Origin -- --
Non-Latinx 87.3% 0.0% 100.0%
Mexican 7.4% 58.0%
Puerto Rican 1.5% 11.5%
Cuban 0.6% 5.0%
Dominican 0.5% 3.7%
Central or South American 2.2% 16.9%
Other Latinx 0.6% 4.9%
Year of Survey 3.383 (0.028)
2010 10.3% 9.4% 10.5%
2011 11.1% 10.3% 11.2%
2012 10.8% 10.6% 10.8%
2013 11.2% 11.2% 11.2%
2014 11.0% 11.2% 11.0%
2015 11.0% 11.1% 11.0%
2016 11.3% 11.6% 11.3%
2017 11.5% 11.9% 11.4%
2018 11.9% 12.8% 11.7%

Differences between Latinx and Non-Latinx sample characteristics were tested using the adjusted Wald test for continuous and binary variables and the design-based Pearson test for categorical variables. The F-statistic and p-value are reported in Column 4.