Table 1.

Age-standardized Demographic Characteristics, Neighborhood Factors, and Health Behaviors by Gender: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study, 2008–2011 (n = 5,313)

Characteristics	P	Total (n = 5,313) Mean (SE) or %	Men (n = 2,014) Mean (SE) or %	Women (n = 3,299) Mean (SE) or %
Age, mean (SE)	<.001	42.5 (0.38)	41.7 (0.51)	43.2 (0.49)
Age, categorical	<.001
18–29		23.2	25.9	21.0
30–39		20.0	19.7	20.2
40–49		23.4	22.2	24.3
50–59		17.7	16.8	18.5
60–69		12.1	11.9	12.3
70–74		3.6	3.5	3.6
Education	<.001
Less than high school		33.1	32.3	33.7
High school graduate or equivalent		27.6	30.2	25.2
Greater than high school or equivalent		39.4	37.6	41.1
Household income	<.001	70.6	66.3	74.3
Less than $30,000		70.6	66.3	74.3
$30,000 or more		29.4	33.7	25.7
Health insurance	0.029
Insured		53.0	51.3	53.0
Non-insured		47.0	48.7	47.0
Birthplace	0.011
Foreign-born		69.1	67.3	70.6
U.S.-born		30.9	32.7	29.4
National heritage	<.001
Central American		7.5	7.3	7.7
Cuban		20.7	23.6	18.5
Dominican		11.6	9.8	13.1
Mexican		36.1	34.8	37.0
Puerto Rican		16.0	16.8	15.4
South American		4.8	5.0	4.6
More than 1 heritage		3.3	2.8	3.7
Field center	0.013
Bronx, NY		30.2	28.1	31.9
Chicago, IL		15.5	15.9	15.3
Miami, FL		29.6	31.3	28.1
San Diego, CA		24.8	24.7	24.7
Years lived in the U.S., mean (SE)	0.002	20.8 (0.53)	22.0 (0.62)	19.9 (0.60)
Years in neighborhood, mean (SE)	0.747	7.8 (0.27)	7.9 (0.30)	7.7 (0.34)

Note. SE = standard error; Bold font denotes statistical significance