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Table 1 Cross-tabulation of the generational status of households and language use, based on data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, 2011–2012, for Hispanic children in the US. The generational status and language variables were used to categorize children into low, moderate, and high household acculturation levels as shown below. The estimated percentages and estimated Ns account for the weighting and complex survey design of the NSCH and are thus nationally representative, while the observations do not account for weighting or complex survey design

From: Acculturation and the oral health of a nationally representative sample of Hispanic children in the United States: an analysis of 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health data

Language

Measure

Generational Status of Household

Totals

1st Generation

2nd Generation

3rd or Higher Generation

English was not the primary language in the household or the survey was taken in a language other than English

Acculturation Categorization

Low

Low

Moderate

-

Estimated % of Population

7.9%

41.4%

2.5%

51.8%

Estimated N in Population

927,178

4,852,472

293,391

6,073,041

Observations in Sample

563

2847

165

3575

English was the primary language in the household and the survey was taken in English

Acculturation Categorization

Moderate

Moderate

High

-

Estimated % of Population

0.2%

13.6%

34.4%

48.2%

Estimated N in Population

27,727

1,598,506

4,029,363

5,655,596

Observations in Sample

25

1453

4090

5568

Totals

Acculturation Categorization

-

-

-

-

Estimated % of Population

8.1%

55.0%

36.9%

100.0%

Estimated N in Population

954,905

6,450,978

4,322,754

11,728,637

Observations in Sample

588

4300

4255

9143