Table 3.

Victim characteristics by foreign-born status using a 2017 NVDRS sample (N = 9,428).

		U.S.-born		Foreign-born		Difference
		n	%	n	%
Age	0–14	454	5.22	5	0.68	**
	15–24	2,167	24.91	121	16.58
	25–34	2,495	28.68	197	26.99
	35–54	2,482	28.54	275	37.67
	55 and up	1,100	12.65	132	18.08
Sex	Male	6,879	79.09	552	75.62	*
	Female	1,819	20.91	178	24.38
Marital status	Married	1,276	14.67	245	33.56	**
	Not married	7,319	84.15	473	64.79
	Unknown	103	1.18	12	1.64
Race/Ethnicity	White	2,708	31.13	96	13.15	**
	Black	4,701	54.05	108	14.79
	Asian/Pacific Islander	52	0.60	104	14.25
	Other/unspecified	284	3.27	14	1.92
	Hispanic	952	10.95	406	55.62
	Unknown	1	0.01	2	0.27
Education	Below high school	2,823	32.46	284	38.90	**
	High school degree/GED	3,927	45.15	251	34.38
	Some college credit	1,002	11.52	59	8.08
	Associate degree	365	4.20	33	4.52
	Bachelor degree/higher	430	4.94	81	11.10
	Unknown	151	1.74	22	3.01
Mental health diagnosis	Yes	427	4.91	17	2.33	**
	No	8,271	95.09	713	97.67
Alcohol problem	Yes	311	3.58	22	3.01	–
	No	8,387	96.42	708	96.99
Substance abuse problem	Yes	1,046	12.03	71	9.73	–
	No	7,652	87.97	659	90.27
Total		8,698	92.26	730	7.74

p < .01 = ** p < .05 = * n.s. = -