title: Sociodemographic and educational correlates of hearing loss in Hispanic children.
abstract: Sociodemographic and educational correlates of hearing loss were examined in Cuban-American, Mexican-American and Puerto Rican children 6-19 years of age. Logistic regression analyses indicated a greater risk of bilateral hearing loss among children living in crowded housing conditions or without health insurance, as well as among those who were below expected school grade level and whose parents reported low educational attainment levels. However, the strengths of these associations were small to moderate in magnitude and were not always consistent across the ethnic subgroups. These findings provide some evidence that hearing-impaired Hispanic children are more likely to reside in economically disadvantaged families and to be below their expected school grade level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gomez-Marin
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology