Marked Ethnic, Nativity, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Disability and Health Insurance among US Children and Adults: The 2008–2010 American Community Survey

Table 5

Prevalence and adjusted odds of disability and lack of health insurance among US adults aged 18+ years in 48 ethnic immigrant groups: the 2008–2010 American Community Survey (𝑁 = 7,013,939).

Ethnic immigrant group	Disability					No health insurance
	Prevalence		Adjusted odds ratio^1			Prevalence		Adjusted odds ratio^1
	%	SE	OR	95% CI		%	SE	OR	95% CI
Non-Hispanic White, US-born	16.16	0.02	1.00	Reference		11.67	0.01	1.00	Reference
Non-Hispanic White, immigrant	13.75	0.08	0.68	0.67	0.69	15.02	0.07	1.78	1.75	1.81
Mexican, US-born	12.40	0.07	0.92	0.91	0.94	28.53	0.09	1.61	1.59	1.62
Mexican, immigrant	8.07	0.06	0.44	0.43	0.45	57.26	0.10	4.51	4.47	4.56
Puerto Rican, US-born	17.56	0.15	1.07	1.04	1.09	19.25	0.14	0.92	0.90	0.94
Puerto Rican, immigrant	15.18	1.09	0.61	0.51	0.73	28.87	1.29	1.82	1.57	2.10
Cuban, US-born	9.19	0.28	0.99	0.92	1.06	20.24	0.37	1.27	1.20	1.34
Cuban, immigrant	18.08	0.25	0.70	0.67	0.72	29.93	0.27	3.29	3.18	3.40
Central/South American, US-born	6.38	0.16	0.80	0.76	0.84	27.22	0.27	1.46	1.41	1.50
Central/South American, immigrant	8.22	0.09	0.52	0.51	0.53	44.47	0.14	3.61	3.56	3.66
Other Hispanics, US-born	17.69	0.21	1.19	1.16	1.23	20.25	0.20	1.28	1.24	1.32
Other Hispanics, immigrant	12.10	0.38	0.64	0.59	0.68	28.60	0.48	2.38	2.25	2.53
Non-Hispanic Black, US-born	18.96	0.05	1.03	1.02	1.04	22.29	0.05	1.13	1.12	1.14
Non-Hispanic Black, immigrant	8.46	0.12	0.58	0.57	0.60	26.62	0.17	1.99	1.95	2.03
American Indian/AN	22.03	0.19	1.32	1.29	1.35	32.73	0.21	2.20	2.15	2.25
Asian Indian, US-born	4.00	0.26	0.63	0.55	0.72	12.33	0.42	0.88	0.80	0.96
Asian Indian, immigrant	5.77	0.11	0.59	0.57	0.62	13.61	0.15	1.83	1.77	1.88
Chinese, US-born	5.49	0.20	0.59	0.55	0.64	9.93	0.24	0.77	0.72	0.81
Chinese, immigrant	7.33	0.11	0.41	0.39	0.42	16.40	0.14	1.72	1.68	1.76
Filipino, US-born	6.52	0.23	0.79	0.73	0.85	12.66	0.29	0.94	0.88	0.99
Filipino, immigrant	9.94	0.14	0.77	0.74	0.79	11.74	0.14	1.53	1.48	1.58
Japanese, US-born	14.77	0.33	0.87	0.83	0.92	5.24	0.18	0.68	0.62	0.74
Japanese, immigrant	7.51	0.30	0.41	0.38	0.44	10.02	0.30	1.25	1.15	1.35
Korean, US-born	5.20	0.34	0.61	0.54	0.69	20.11	0.55	1.50	1.38	1.62
Korean, immigrant	6.80	0.16	0.41	0.39	0.44	28.06	0.27	4.06	3.94	4.20
Vietnamese, US-born	5.29	0.36	0.70	0.61	0.80	25.18	0.67	1.58	1.46	1.70
Vietnamese, immigrant	10.25	0.19	0.57	0.54	0.59	22.34	0.24	1.76	1.70	1.82
Cambodian, US-born	5.43	0.76	0.69	0.51	0.92	35.22	1.56	1.44	1.24	1.67
Cambodian, immigrant	15.29	0.63	0.73	0.65	0.81	22.39	0.70	1.31	1.20	1.44
Bangladeshi, US-born	4.74	2.17	0.53	0.20	1.38	14.77	3.91	1.10	0.65	1.87
Bangladeshi, immigrant	6.74	0.62	0.53	0.43	0.66	28.14	1.08	2.37	2.10	2.67
Pakistani, US-born	5.04	0.79	0.64	0.43	0.95	22.23	1.62	1.59	1.30	1.94
Pakistani, immigrant	6.99	0.36	0.57	0.51	0.64	30.29	0.62	3.26	3.04	3.50
Hmong, US-born	4.28	0.65	0.59	0.43	0.82	26.57	1.44	1.15	0.99	1.34
Hmong, immigrant	14.37	0.83	0.74	0.64	0.85	18.40	0.88	0.81	0.71	0.92
Laotian, US-born	4.97	0.90	0.71	0.51	1.00	33.07	1.80	1.53	1.29	1.82
Laotian, immigrant	12.33	0.66	0.69	0.61	0.78	17.67	0.72	1.05	0.94	1.17
Thai, US-born	3.45	0.85	0.56	0.35	0.90	22.97	1.84	1.53	1.22	1.94
Thai, immigrant	6.77	0.46	0.43	0.37	0.50	24.13	0.72	2.48	2.26	2.73
Other Asians, US-born	5.98	0.38	0.68	0.59	0.77	13.49	0.51	0.83	0.75	0.92
Other Asians, immigrant	7.04	0.24	0.53	0.49	0.57	21.04	0.36	1.73	1.64	1.82
Native Hawaiian	15.17	0.65	1.06	0.96	1.17	13.90	0.59	0.88	0.79	0.98
Samoan	13.49	0.91	1.04	0.88	1.23	21.38	1.05	0.98	0.86	1.13
Guamanian	11.02	0.92	0.99	0.82	1.19	19.23	1.04	1.08	0.92	1.27
Other Pacific Islanders, US-born	8.44	1.27	0.79	0.57	1.08	24.61	1.87	1.22	0.98	1.51
Other Pacific Islanders, immigrant	12.61	1.29	0.64	0.49	0.83	25.01	1.62	1.70	1.38	2.10
All other groups, US-born	18.89	0.14	1.72	1.69	1.76	20.32	0.13	1.20	1.17	1.22
All other groups, immigrant	9.93	0.25	0.72	0.68	0.77	24.59	0.34	2.11	2.02	2.21

OR: odds ratio; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval.
1Adjusted by logistic regression model for age, gender, marital status, education, poverty, and employment status.