Table 1.
Age-standardised sociodemographic characteristics among non-Hispanic White and Hispanic/Latino adults, National Health Interview Survey, 2004–2017 (N=254 669)*
| Race/ethnicity and heritage | Overall | White (n=207 154) |
Mexican (n=30 100) |
Puerto Rican (n=5077) |
Cuban (n=2518) |
Dominican (n=1658) |
Central/South American (n=8162) | ||||||||||||
| Nativity | All | US-born (yes) | US-born (no) | All | US-born (yes) | US-born (no) | All | US-born (yes) | US-born (no) | All | US-born (yes) | US-born (no) | All | US-born (yes) | US-born (no) | All | US-born (yes) | US-born (no) |
|
| n (%) | 254 699 | 207 154 (81) | 198 297 (96) |
8857 (4) |
30 100 (12) |
14 282 (47) |
15 818 (53) |
5077 (2) |
2544 (50) |
2533 (50) |
2518 (1) |
559 (22) |
1959 (78) |
1658 (1) |
264 (16) |
1394 (84) |
8162 (3) |
1113 (14) |
7049 (86) |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Age, mean±SE (years) | 46.8±0.9 | 48.0±0.1 | 47.9±0.1 | 48.7±0.2 | 39.4±0.2 | 38.1±0.2 | 40.5±0.2 | 43.0±0.3 | 37.6±0.3 | 49.2±0.5 | 47.8±0.4 | 35.8±0.8 | 51.9±0.5 | 41.8±0.5 | 30.8±0.9 | 44.6±0.5 | 40.4±0.2 | 30.1±0.4 | 42.2±0.2 |
| Female (%) | 49 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 49 | 40 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 44 | 42 | 44 | 56 | 53 | 57 | 49 | 55 | 48 |
| Annual household income (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| <$35 000 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 44 | 37 | 51 | 46 | 35 | 52 | 42 | 25 | 45 | 54 | 36 | 56 | 43 | 24 | 44 |
| $35 000–$74 999 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 34 | 39 | 34 |
| ≥$75 000 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 26 | 46 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 21 |
| Educational attainment | |||||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 60 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 29 |
| High school graduate | 29 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 22 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 18 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 27 |
| Some college | 30 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 27 | 35 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 22 | 23 | 55 | 20 | 23 | 36 | 22 |
| ≥College | 30 | 33 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 39 | 22 |
| Unemployed/not in the labour force (%) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 46 | 43 | 49 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 39 | 33 | 27 | 33 |
| Occupational class (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Professional/ management | 21 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 10 |
| Support services | 35 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 31 | 44 | 19 | 41 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 37 | 39 | 52 | 37 | 34 | 54 | 32 |
| Labourers | 45 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 43 | 76 | 47 | 38 | 52 | 42 | 19 | 48 | 53 | 28 | 55 | 55 | 22 | 58 |
| Marital/cohabiting status (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Married/living with partner or cohabitating | 65 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 64 | 58 | 70 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 51 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 51 | 62 |
| Divorced/widowed/no live-in partner | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 33 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| Single/no live-in partner | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 14 |
| Language of interview (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| English | 95 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 64 | 91 | 39 | 81 | 91 | 73 | 45 | 85 | 36 | 45 | 88 | 40 | 54 | 88 | 51 |
| English and Spanish | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 16 |
| Spanish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 54 | 42 | 3 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 33 |
| Time in the USA (states) (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| ≥15 years | 24 | 22 | 100 | 78 | 77 | 100 | 77 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 66 | 100 | 66 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 70 | 100 | 70 |
| <15 years | 76 | 78 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Region of residence (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 18 | 19 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 46 | 49 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 75 | 54 | 77 | 23 | 13 | 23 |
| Midwest | 25 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| South | 34 | 34 | 34 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 82 | 68 | 85 | 21 | 38 | 20 | 43 | 37 | 44 |
| West | 22 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 53 | 49 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 45 | 28 |
Data are presented as percentages or means±SEs. All estimates are weighted for the survey’s complex sampling design. All estimates except for age are age-standardised to the US 2010 population.
*Data are presented as unweighted n’s and weighted percentages. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to missing values or rounding.
SE, standard error.