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Limited English Speaking Households by County, New Jersey, 2023
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Limited English Speaking Households by County, New Jersey, 2023
Why Is This Important?
Having limited English proficiency can be a barrier to accessing health care services and understanding health information. Institutional barriers such as a lack of well-trained interpreters and culturally competent health care providers adversely affect the health of individuals with limited English proficiency. Quality of care is lowered when patients do not understand their health care providers, when patients and providers do not speak the same language, and when a provider's approach is not linguistically competent. Trained interpreters and bilingual health care providers improve patient satisfaction, quality of care, and health outcomes for individuals with limited English proficiency.1
Definition
A "limited English speaking household" is one in which no member 14 years old and over (1) speaks only English or (2) speaks a non-English language and speaks English "very well." In other words, all members 14 years old and over have at least some difficulty with English.
Data Source
American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau(https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of limited English-speaking householdsDenominator:
Number of households
Data Issues
The U.S. Census Bureau did not release its standard 1-year estimates from the 2020 American Community Survey because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator PV-52
Description: Demographics: socioeconomic status, age, sex, race/ethnicity, English language proficiency, medical issues and disabilityhttps://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=13&selectedIndicatorId=52