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Descriptive values for foreign and US born members of the study population |
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| Foreign Born |
Born in the USA |
P value |
Total (n = 204) |
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| Site |
0.084 |
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| South Cove |
80.0% (n = 52) |
68.3% (n = 95) |
72.1% (n = 147) |
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| New England Medical Ctr. |
20.0% (n = 13) |
31.7% (n = 44) |
27.9% (n = 57) |
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| Language of Respondent |
0.191 |
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| Chinese |
49.2% (n = 32) |
59.0% (n = 82) |
55.9% (n = 114) |
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| English |
50.8% (n = 33) |
41.0% (n = 57) |
44.1% (n = 90) |
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| Race of Child |
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| Asian |
100.0% (n = 65) |
100.0% (n = 139) |
100.0% (n = 204) |
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| Age of Respondent |
0.374 |
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| Answered by parent/guardian |
41.5% (n = 27) |
48.2% (n = 67) |
46.1% (n = 94) |
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| Answered by child > 11 |
58.5% (n = 38) |
51.8% (n = 72) |
53.9% (n = 110) |
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| Sex of Child |
0.130 |
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| Male |
52.3% (n = 34) |
41.0% (n = 57) |
44.6% (n = 91) |
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| Female |
47.7% (n = 31) |
59.0% (n = 82) |
55.4% (n = 113) |
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| Child with Diagnosed Asthma |
< 0.001 |
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| No |
90.8% (n = 59) |
66.9% (n = 91) |
74.6% (n = 150) |
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| Yes |
9.2% (n = 6) |
33.1% (n = 45) |
25.4% (n = 51) |
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| Child with possible undiag. Asthma |
0.476 |
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| No |
93.8% (n = 61) |
96.3% (n = 130) |
95.5% (n = 191) |
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| Yes |
6.2% (n = 4) |
3.7% (n = 5) |
4.5% (n = 9) |
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| Child with diag. Allergies |
0.183 |
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| No |
79.7% (n = 51) |
70.8% (n = 97) |
73.6% (n = 148) |
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| Yes |
20.3% (n = 13) |
29.2% (n = 40) |
26.4% (n = 53) |
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| Child with family members who have asthma |
0.007 |
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| No |
96.8% (n = 61) |
83.2% (n = 114) |
87.5% (n = 175) |
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| Yes |
3.2% (n = 2) |
16.8% (n = 23) |
12.5% (n = 25) |
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| Home smoking |
0.697 |
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| No |
55.4% (n = 36) |
58.3% (n = 81) |
57.4% (n = 117) |
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| Yes |
44.6% (n = 29) |
41.7% (n = 58) |
42.6% (n = 87) |
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| Mother smoked during pregnancy |
0.328 |
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| No |
100.0% (n = 64) |
96.4% (n = 134) |
97.5% (n = 198) |
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| Yes |
0.0% (n = 0) |
3.6% (n = 5) |
2.5% (n = 5) |
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| Pests seen in or around the home |
0.292 |
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| No |
64.6% (n = 42) |
56.8% (n = 79) |
59.3% (n = 121) |
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| Yes |
35.4% (n = 23) |
43.2% (n = 60) |
40.7% (n = 83) |
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| Home near heavy motor traffic |
0.283 |
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| No |
56.9% (n = 37) |
64.7% (n = 90) |
62.3% (n = 127) |
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| Yes |
43.1% (n = 28) |
35.3% (n = 49) |
37.7% (n = 77) |
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| Family SES |
0.060 |
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| Low SES |
91.9% (n = 57) |
81.5% (n = 106) |
84.9% (n = 163) |
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| High SES |
8.1% (n = 5) |
18.5% (n = 24) |
15.1% (n = 29) |
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Brugge et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:13 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-13 |
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