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Table 1 Baseline demographic data for monolingual and bilingual groups

From: Bilingualism in older Mexican-American immigrants is associated with higher scores on cognitive screening

 

Monolingual

Bilingual

t/χ2

N

289

339

Age

73.6 (6.9)

74.3 (6.7)

−1.33

Gender (% male)

35.9%

48.6%

10.25*

Years of Education

2.2 (2.7)

6.3 (4.6)

−13.54*

CES-D scorea

13.6 (11.2)

9.7 (10.3)

4.40*

Monthly Household Incomeb

χ2(4,610) = 82.24*

 <$1000

78.0%

43.5%

 

 $1000–$1499

14.8%

30.3%

 $1500–$1999

5.4%

11.7%

 $2000–$2499

1.8%

6.6%

 ≥$2500

0.0%

7.8%

  1. Parentheses represent standard deviation. *p < 0.05. aBaseline CES-D data was missing for 15 monolingual and 17 bilingual participants. bBaseline monthly household income data was missing for 12 monolingual and 6 bilingual participants
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