Selected Health Status Measures of Children from US Immigrant Families
Table 1
US children's (0–17 yrs.) demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by immigrant family type. 2007 NSCH.
Foreign-born child
US-born child/both immigrant parents
US-born child/one immigrant parent
US-born child/US-born parents
Weighted %
SE
Weighted %
SE
Weighted %
SE
Weighted %
SE
Total (unweighted)
2600
4622
2543
81767
Child race/ethnicity
Hispanic
56.5
2.3
64.7
1.8
36.7
2.8
12.6
0.4
Non-Hispanic white
15.1
1.4
5.7
0.5
39.6
2.6
63.5
0.4
Non-Hispanic black
11.2
1.7
6.8
0.7
6.7
1.1
15.3
0.3
Multirace
2.5
0.6
0.7
0.2
9.4
2.0
4.5
0.2
Other
14.7
1.5
22.2
1.6
4.5
1.6
4.15
0.2
Child age
0 to 3
4.6
0.7
30.2
1.8
29.1
2.6
21.6
0.4
4 to 7
16.2
1.7
26.2
1.7
22.1
2.2
21.8
0.4
8 to 11
26.0
2.1
20.5
1.5
21.8
2.4
21.7
0.4
12 to 14
22.5
2.0
14.5
1.4
14.5
2.0
17.6
0.3
15 to 17
30.7
2.2
8.6
1.0
12.5
1.8
17.4
0.3
Child gender
Male
50.0
2.4
51.6
1.9
53.6
2.7
51.0
0.4
Female
50.0
2.4
48.4
1.9
46.4
2.7
49.0
0.4
Family poverty level
<100% FPL
39.4
2.3
35.5
1.9
11.6
2.2
15.9
0.3
100–199% FPL
23.7
2.1
26.4
1.7
19.0
2.4
20.3
0.4
200–399% FPL
20.6
1.9
19.7
1.6
30.7
2.4
32.9
0.4
≥400% FPL
16.3
1.5
18.4
1.2
38.7
2.6
30.8
0.4
Parent education
Less than high school
31.7
2.4
36.9
1.9
10.0
2.4
7.6
0.2
High school
18.7
1.6
24.8
1.8
19.8
2.4
23.7
0.4
Greater than high school
44.4
2.3
37.6
1.8
70.0
2.9
60.5
0.4
Not stated
5.3
0.8
0.7
0.2
0.2
0.1
8.2
0.3
Primary language at home
English
36.0
2.2
27.7
1.6
89.4
1.6
95.7
0.2
Other
64.0
2.2
72.3
1.6
10.6
1.6
4.3
0.2
All percentages are weighted. All chi-square statistics for testing the association between immigrant status and each of the demographic characteristics were statistically significant at < 0.0001, with the exception of gender.
