Baseline characteristics of older Mexican Americans with mean and 95% confidence intervals of CES-D Score
| Total sample n (%) | Mean CESD score | 95% Confidence intervals | p Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *p Value is for two tailed t test for two sample comparison of means to first listed category. Confidence intervals and significance test are adjusted for design effects using Taylor series linearisation method. | ||||
| Census tracts (n = 206) | ||||
| Tract percentage | ||||
| Mexican American | ||||
| 0–41% | 48 (23.3) | 11.56 | 9.53 to 13.58 | |
| 42–59% | 45 (21.8) | 10.80 | 8.04 to 13.55 | 0.59 |
| 60–82% | 65 (31.6) | 9.38 | 7.04 to 11.72 | 0.07 |
| 83%+ | 48 (23.3) | 9.28 | 6.84 to 11.72 | 0.07 |
| Tract percentage in poverty | ||||
| 0–16% | 56 (27.2) | 9.70 | 7.59 to 11.80 | |
| 17–25% | 50 (24.3) | 10.40 | 7.58 to 13.22 | 0.62 |
| 26–39% | 55 (26.7) | 11.15 | 8.70 to 13.59 | 0.24 |
| 40%+ | 45 (21.8) | 9.88 | 7.35 to 12.41 | 0.89 |
| Subjects (n = 2710) | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 65–74 | 1850 (68.3) | 9.92 | 8.99 to 10.86 | |
| 75–84 | 719 (26.5) | 10.95 | 9.73 to 12.16 | 0.10 |
| ⩾85 | 141 (5.2) | 11.55 | 8.59 to 14.50 | 0.28 |
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 1128 (41.6) | 7.96 | 7.12 to 8.80 | |
| Women | 1582 (58.4) | 11.99 | 11.01 to 12.97 | 0.00 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 1524 (56.2) | 9.30 | 8.35 to 10.24 | |
| Unmarried | 1186 (43.8) | 11.51 | 10.22 to 12.81 | 0.00 |
| Education (years) | ||||
| 0–6 | 1976 (72.9) | 10.52 | 9.54 to 11.50 | |
| 7–11 | 466 (17.2) | 10.74 | 9.29 to 12.18 | 0.77 |
| ⩾12 | 268 ( 9.9) | 7.73 | 6.26 to 9.20 | 0.00 |
| Per capita household income relative to county median | ||||
| <0.25 | 1835 (67.7) | 10.79 | 9.76 to 11.83 | |
| 0.25 to <0.50 | 706 (26.1) | 9.13 | 7.81 to 10.46 | 0.01 |
| >0.50 | 169 (6.2) | 7.88 | 5.52 to 10.25 | 0.02 |
| Place of birth | ||||
| US born | 1531 (56.5) | 9.66 | 8.25 to 11.07 | |
| Mexico born | 1179 (43.5) | 10.98 | 9.61 to 12.35 | 0.07 |
| Chronic medical condition | ||||
| 0 | 1821 (67.2) | 9.50 | 8.55 to 10.45 | |
| 1 | 711 (26.2) | 11.43 | 9.96 to 12.90 | 0.01 |
| ⩾2 | 178 (6.6) | 13.27 | 10.90 to 15.63 | 0.00 |
| ADLs | ||||
| 0 | 2450 (90.4) | 9.63 | 8.75 to 10.52 | |
| ⩾1 | 260 (9.6) | 16.55 | 14.47 to 18.63 | 0.00 |