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Table 3 Summary of basic needs met by characteristics of respondents (Nā€‰=ā€‰978), Ventura County, California, 2013

From: Social determinants of health in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County, California

Ā 

Proportions reporting basic need met

Ā 
Ā 

Employment opportunities

Food security

Housing situation sufficiency

Healthcare access

Transportation access

Neighborhood safety

Education opportunities

Employer respect

No discrimination against respondent

No discrimination against household member/s

Mean total number of needs met (Ā± SD)

Male respondent (nā€‰=ā€‰154)

.39***

.49*

.53

.58

.55***

.43

.66**

.82

.73*

.70

5.8 (Ā±2.6)*

Female respondent (nā€‰=ā€‰834)

.24

.40

.51

.51

.38

.50

.53

.83

.64

.67

5.3 (Ā±2.5)

Married/living as (nā€‰=ā€‰847)

.27**

.42

.52

.59***

.42*

.50

.54*

.84*

.65

.68

5.4 (Ā±2.5)*

Single (nā€‰=ā€‰123)

.16

.34

.46

.40

.30

.42

.66

.76

.69

.66

4.8 (Ā±2.3)

Spent time in another city (n =144)

.29

.43

.55

.67**

.47

.50

.52

.83

.72

.67

5.7 (Ā±2.6)

Did not (nā€‰=ā€‰817)

.26

.41

.51

.55

.40

.49

.56

.82

.64

.68

5.3 (Ā±2.5)

Speaks Spanish (nā€‰=ā€‰745)

.27

.40

.47***

.51***

.40

.50

.61***

.84*

.66

.68

5.4 (Ā±2.5)

Does not speak Spanish (nā€‰=ā€‰227)

.22

.44

.65

.74

.42

.46

.36

.77

.64

.66

5.4 (Ā±2.4)

Ageā€‰<ā€‰30Ā years (nā€‰=ā€‰473)

.30**

.46**

.57***

.60*

.44*

.53*

.58

.83

.71**

.71

5.7 (Ā±2.4)***

Ageā€‰ā‰„ā€‰30Ā years (nā€‰=ā€‰505)

.22

.37

.45

.52

.37

.46

.53

.83

.61

.65

5.0 (Ā±2.5)

Household membersā€‰<ā€‰5 (nā€‰=ā€‰436)

.28

.47**

.59***

.62**

.44

.51

.56

.82

.71**

.73**

5.7 (Ā±2.5)***

Household membersā€‰ā‰„ā€‰5 (nā€‰=ā€‰492)

.24

.37

.44

.53

.38

.47

.55

.83

.62

.64

5.1 (Ā±2.4)

Usedā€‰>ā€‰6 services (nā€‰=ā€‰490)

.31**

.45*

.51

.61**

.46**

.48

.53

.83

.65

.69

5.5 (Ā±2.6)*

Usedā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰6 services (nā€‰=ā€‰499)

.22

.37

.51

.52

.35

.50

.57

.82

.66

.66

5.2 (Ā±2.4)

  1. *significant at pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰.05; **significant at pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰.01; ***significant at pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰.001 (chi-square tests for proportions and t tests comparing mean total number of needs met).