Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the HINTS survey participants.

From: Comparison of physical activity as an obesity-related behavior between immigrants and native-born US adults

Participant characteristics

Native born 2598 (83%)

Immigrant 533 (17%)

Totala n = 3131 (%)

p-valueb

Age in yearsc

Mean (Min–Max)

55.39 (18–105)

51.25 (18–92)

3082

 

Age group

18–34

348 (13.62)

78 (14.91)

426 (13.82)

<0.0001

35–49

533 (20.86)

177 (33.84)

710 (23.10)

50–64

907 (35.50)

161 (30.78)

1068 (34.72)

65 or more

767 (30.02)

107 (20.46)

874 (28.36)

Gender

Male

969 (37.97)

214 (40.92)

1183 (38.6)

0.21

Female

1583 (62.03)

309 (59.08)

1892 (61.4)

Race/ethnicity

Non-Hispanic White

1513 (67.30)

70 (14.71)

1583 (58.13

<0.0001

African American

374 (16.64)

47 (9.87)

421 (15.45)

Hispanic

248 (11.03)

263 (55.25)

511 (18.75)

Asian

24 (1.07)

90 (18.91)

114 (4.18)

Othersd

89 (3.96)

6 (1.26)

95 (3.49)

Length of stay in US

<5 years

n/a

32 (6.56)

n/a

0.23

6–10 years

n/a

52 (9.75)

n/a

More than 10 years

n/a

400 (75.04)

n/a

Unknown

n/a

49 (8.65)

n/a

Level of education

Less than high school

187 (7.28)

110 (20.91)

297 (9.59)

<0.0001

High school graduate or some college

1419 (55.28)

211 (40.11)

1630 (52.71)

College graduate or higher

961 (37.44)

205 (38.97)

1166 (37.69)

Marital status

Married or living as married

1280 (50.02)

313 (59.85)

1593 (51.69)

<0.0001

Not married and not living as married

1279 (49.98)

210 (40.15)

1489 (48.31)

Occupation status

Employed

1299 (51.69)

282 (54.86)

1581 (52.24)

<0.0001

Unemployed

124 (4.93)

57 (11.09)

181 (5.97)

Retired

710 (28.25)

92 (17.90)

802 (26.45)

Otherse

380 (15.12)

83 (16.15)

463 (15.34)

Income ranges

<$10,000

196 (8.70)

64 (13.53)

260 (9.57)

<0.0001

$10,000–$49,999

989 (43.88)

234 (49.47)

1223 (44.91)

$50,000–$99,999

659 (29.24)

118 (24.95)

777 (28.48)

$100,000 or more

410 (18.19)

57 (12.05)

467 (17.05)

Home ownership

Owns home

1719 (69.15)

246 (48.24)

1965 (65.56)

<0.0001

Does not own home

767 (30.85)

264 (51.76)

1031 (34.44)

  1. aMissing values were excluded from all analyses.
  2. bWald Chi-Square tests (categorical variables) and t test (continuous variable) for differences in distributions of selected demographic variables by nativity status.
  3. cContinuous variable; Min−max = minimum age to maximum age.
  4. dRace category ‘others’ includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and others.
  5. eOccupation status ‘others’ includes homemaker, student, disabled and others.
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