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Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2007 Dec 9;11(1):7–12. doi: 10.1007/s10903-007-9112-4

Table 2.

Regression model of changes in perceived health

Step	Predictor	β	t	R²	ΔR²
1	Age	0.08	0.77	0.06	0.06
	Female	−0.17	− 1.57
	Married	0.02	0.19
	≥High school	0.04	0.39
	Length of stay in US	−0.15	− 1.43
2	Perceived health (T1)	−0.40	− 4.12^***	0.20^***	0.14^***
3	Chronic conditions (T1)	0.23	2.29^*	0.30^***	0.10^**
	Functional disability (T1)	0.18	1.76
	Depressive symptoms (T1)	0.16	1.50
4	Changes in chronic conditions (T2 − T1)	0.30	3.60^**	0.52^***	0.22^***
	Changes in functional disability (T2 − T1)	0.12	1.26
	Changes in depressive symptoms (T2 − T1)	0.33	3.40^**

P < 0.05,

^**

P < 0.01,

^***

P < 0.001