Cardiovascular disease behavioral risk factors among Latinos by citizenship and documentation status

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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics by Race/Ethnicity and Citizen and Documentation Status, California Residents Ages 18–64, 2011–2015

	Total (N = 51,386)	Latino (n = 18,604)				Non-Latino White	p-value^a
	Total (N = 51,386)	US-born (N = 8303)	Naturalized Citizens (N = 3879)	Green Card Holders (N = 3369)	Undocumented Residents (N = 3053)	US-born (N = 32,782)	p-value^a
Female	49.70	49.28	53.91	49.40	48.84	49.29	0.0226
Married	49.20	31.30	67.65	61.32	43.57	53.03	< 0.001
Age
18–34	37.76	63.05	17.21	25.21	37.07	32.13	< 0.001
35–49	32.43	22.36	40.36	45.39	52.48	29.33
50–64	29.81	14.59	42.43	29.41	10.45	38.55
Speaks English Well or Very Well	81.20	97.99	57.52	30.58	16.85	99.94	< 0.001
Currently Employed	72.22	69.65	72.51	71.16	69.13	74.22	< 0.001
FPL
0–138	28.81	29.69	35.71	54.64	71.99	13.67	< 0.001
139–250	18.21	22.38	27.55	27.61	19.14	12.42
251–400	16.80	19.95	19.54	10.43	6.25	17.99
400 or above	36.17	27.99	17.20	7.33	2.62	55.92
Urban Area	88.58	92.37	93.18	88.64	92.20	85.09	< 0.001
Education
Less Than High School	19.30	9.04	39.46	58.15	64.63	4.06	< 0.001
High School	25.03	35.61	26.57	21.06	22.99	20.73
More than High School	55.67	55.35	33.97	20.78	12.38	75.21
Currently Insured	80.13	79.91	78.62	68.21	46.84	89.36	< 0.001
Self-Reported Health
Excellent	18.95	17.29	15.96	10.45	10.44	23.61	< 0.001
Very Good	30.17	31.83	19.75	12.85	14.55	37.75
Good	31.11	32.65	36.00	38.66	39.36	26.35
Fair	16.26	14.20	24.00	33.77	32.30	9.30
Poor	3.51	4.04	4.29	4.27	3.36	2.99
Survey Year
2011	19.75	19.29	20.39	18.98	16.15	20.70	0.001
2012	19.91	19.12	20.59	20.92	20.03	19.94
2013	20.03	21.26	18.18	19.22	20.52	19.86
2014	20.09	20.41	21.04	21.55	19.30	19.64
2015	20.22	19.91	19.80	19.33	24.00	19.86

Unless otherwise indicated data are expressed as column percentages
^a Calculated by means of χ² tests across Latino and US-born non-Latino white samples

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