Participant Characteristics (n = 20)
| Gender | |
| Men | 8 |
| Women | 12 |
| Place of birth | |
| Philippines | 17 |
| United States | 3 |
| Age | |
| 18 to 20 years | 0 |
| 21 to 34 years | 2 |
| 35 to 49 years | 9 |
| 50 to 64 years | 1 |
| 65+ years | 8 |
| Languages spoken | |
| English only | 3 |
| Tagalog only | 0 |
| English and Tagalog | 9 |
| English and other dialect1 | 1 |
| English, Tagalog, and other dialect | 7 |
| Household size2 | |
| 1 to 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 5 or more | 7 |
| Highest level of education | |
| High school graduate/GED | 7 |
| Associate degree | 2 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 7 |
| Technical school | 3 |
| Decline to answer | 1 |
| Employment pattern | |
| Full-time | 10 |
| Retired | 6 |
| Student | 1 |
| Other3 | 3 |
| Annual household income | |
| Less than $20,000 | 5 |
| $20,000-$29,999 | 1 |
| $30,000-$49,999 | 1 |
| $50,000-$74,999 | 3 |
| $75,000-$99,999 | 3 |
| $100,000 or more | 1 |
| Decline to answer | 6 |
| Financial hardships in the last 12 months4 | |
| Never | 17 |
| Occasionally | 2 |
| Monthly | 1 |
| Housing stability in the last 30 days5 | |
| Yes | 19 |
| No | 1 |
| Primary method of health care payment | |
| Cash/Out-of-pocket | 2 |
| Health Insurance | 11 |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 6 |
| Other | 1 |
| Health care obtained in the Philippines6 | |
| Medical | 9 |
| Dental | 9 |
| Prescriptions | 8 |
| Decline to answer | 5 |
↵1 Dialects include: Kapampangan, Visaya, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Ilonggo, Waray.
↵2 Household size includes participant.
↵3 Includes part-time work or working for cash without records.
↵4 How many times did you run out of money for necessities like housing or food?
↵5 Have you had a stable place to live (i.e., you were not moving from place to place)?
↵6 Participants chose combinations of each option, therefore not summative.