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Immigration-related stressors and mental health problems among Asian-American Immigrants

Table 3. Weighted logistic regressions of suicidal ideation on independent variables: Asian-American immigrants (N =
1,641)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
a
Ethnicity ( Chinese)
Filipino 1.18 (0.57, 2.41) 0.77 (0.27, 2.16) 0.91 (0.31, 2.67) 0.95 (0.30, 2.98)
Vietnamese 0.58 (0.26, 1.27) 0.68 (0.31, 1.49) 0.66 (0.31, 2.67) 0.70 (0.33, 1.46)
Other Asian 1.17 (0.41, 3.38) 1.14 (0.46, 2.84) 1.29 (0.51, 3.24) 1.36 (0.52, 3.54)
a
Gender ( Male)
Female 1.47(0.65, 3.32) 1.45 (0.64, 3.29) 1.40 (0.61, 3.22) 1.50 (0.71, 3.15)
Age ( 18-34 years)
a
35 – 49 years old 1.40 (0.45, 4.33) 1.57 (0.52, 4.75) 1.37 (0.50, 3.74) 1.28 (0.50, 3.29)
50 – 64 years old 0.94 (0.21, 4.18) 1.01 (0.21, 4.78) 0.95 (0.21, 4.18) 0.85 (0.22, 3.28)
65 years old and above 0.59 (0.08, 4.52) 0.72 (0.09, 5.63) 0.59 (0.08, 4.63) 0.56 (0.09, 3.54)
a
Marital status ( Married/cohabiting)
Never Married 4.86(1.48, 16.04)** 5.02(1.52,16.57)** 5.05(1.54,16.58)** 5.89(2.08, 16.69)***
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 3.01(0.93, 9.77)† 2.51(0.77, 8.12)† 2.68(0.85, 8.45)† 3.07(0.92, 10.19)†
a
Education ( More than 16 years)
0 – 11 years 0.63 (0.22, 1.81) 0.88 (0.30, 2.60) 0.71 (0.24, 2.05) 0.71 (0.24, 2.09)
12 years 0.79 (0.31, 2.00) 1.01 (0.40, 2.56) 0.85 (0.35, 2.06) 0.74 (0.31, 1.79)
13 – 15 years 0.83 (0.34, 2.05) 0.98 (0.40, 2.43) 0.88 (0.38, 2.07) 0.83 (0.36, 1.90)
a
Education received before age 16 ( Other
country)
United States 1.94 (0.57, 6.59) 1.97 (0.66, 5.92) 2.18 (0.63, 7.56) 2.09 (0.54, 8.03)
a
Household income ( Above $ 75,000)
$0 – $14,999 0.71 (0.31, 1.61) 0.70 (0.30, 1.67) 0.63 (0.29, 1.39) 0.62 (0.29, 1.36)
$15,000 – $34,999 0.84 (0.33, 2.17) 0.88 (0.32, 2.44) 0.75 (0.27, 2.11) 0.75 (0.26, 2.14)
$35,000 – $74,999 0.48 (0.19, 1.17) 0.50 (0.21, 1.20) 0.45 (0.18, 1.13) 0.48 (0.19, 1.22)
a
Employment status ( Employed)
Unemployed 1.72 (0.54, 5.51) 1.98 (0.63, 6.22) 1.91 (0.59, 6.21) 1.76 (0.49, 6.30)
Not in labor force 1.42 (0.63, 3.17) 1.54 (0.67, 3.51) 1.53 (0.66, 3.55) 1.55 (0.68, 3.50)
a
Age at immigration ( > 12 years)
≤ 12 years 1.36 (0.52, 3.53) 1.12 (0.42, 2.98) 1.66 (0.43, 6.46)
Years in the U.S. ( Less than 5 years)
a
5 – 10 years 1.13 (0.28, 4.61) 1.11 (0.32, 3.87) 1.14 (0.32, 4.08) 1.00 (0.31, 3.21)
11 – 20 years 0.91 (0.21, 3.83) 0.78 (0.20, 2.94) 0.87 (0.22, 3.44) 0.88 (0.26, 3.05)
More than 20 years 1.59 (0.33, 7.66) 1.31 (0.33, 5.15) 1.47 (0.33, 6.53) 1.27 (0.35, 4.69)
a
English proficiency ( Excellent/good)
Fair/Poor 2.17(0.97, 4.85)† 2.22 (1.06, 4.65)* 4.67 (1.45, 15.00)*
Perceived social support from family 1.00 (0.87, 1.15) 0.99 (0.86, 1.13) 1.00 (0.87, 1.15) 0.97 (0.84, 1.12)
members
Perceived social support from friends 0.95 (0.79, 1.14) 0.95 (0.81, 1.13) 0.96 (0.80, 1.14) 0.95 (0.79, 1.13)
a
Religious affiliation ( No religion)
Protestant or Catholics 1.36 (0.40, 4.67) 1.37 (0.40, 4.64) 1.47 (0.42, 5.17)
Other religions 0.58 (0.20, 1.70) 0.58 (0.20, 1.68) 0.60 (0.21, 1.72)
a
Religious attendance ( Less than once a
week)
Weekly 0.61 (0.30, 1.21) 0.62 (0.31, 1.22) 0.93 (0.43, 2.03)
a
Seek comfort from religion ( Never/
rarely/sometimes)
Often 1.48 (0.82, 2.67) 1.52 (0.83, 2.79) 3.63(1.68, 7.84)***

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