Semistructured hour-longinterviews addressed interpretations of illness, self-carepractices, and use of and access to health care. Inter-views were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim.Respondents were interviewed in their language ofchoice, either Tagalog or English. With the exceptionof 2 respondents who were interviewed in English,respondents were interviewed in Tagalog by a fluentTagalog speaker.