The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study on health disparities in Puerto Rican adults: challenges and opportunities

Table 1 Selected baseline characteristics for participants of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study.

Characteristic^a	Men (N = 401)		Women (N = 956)
	Ages 45-59 (N = 253)	Ages 60-75 (N = 148)	Ages 45-59 (N = 587)	Ages 60-75 (N = 369)
Age (% within sex)	63.1	36.9	61.4	38.6
Education (≤ 8th grade)	34.8**	61.0	39.3**	65.5
Below the poverty level	49.6*	52.5*	58.2**	68.1
Currently working^b	32.3**	15.1*	22.6**	7.4
Residential stability^c	35.1^;*	62.6	51.5**	58.9
Living alone	36.3*	41.5	26.6**	48.6
Length of residence in US	32.3 (11.1)**	42.2 (10.8)*	32.1 (11.7)**	36.0 (12.9)
Language-based acculturation^d	32.5(23.7)^;*	24.1 (21.2)*	26.7 (22.7)**	14.4 (17.6)
Psychological acculturation^e	19.2 (7.4)**	17.3 (6.2)	19.0 (6.8)**	16.8 (6.1)

*P < 0.05, between sex, within age category
**P < 0.05, between age categories, within sex
^a Reported as percent or mean (SD), except when noted
^b Response limited to participants who have held a paid job for more than 3 months
^c Defined as percent of participants with a length of residence ≥ 5 years in the same residence
^d Percent of English language use (0-100%)
^e Scale of 10-50, ranging from less acculturated to more acculturated

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