Table 3. Association between immigrant status and health status.

	Count of chronic health conditions	Mental Health Problem in the last 30 days	Alcohol Problem in the last 30 days	Drug Problem in the last 30 days	SF-12 Mental Component subscale score	SF-12 Physical Component subscale score
	Adjusted risk ratio† (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio† (95% CI)			Mean difference (SE)
Immigrant status
Canadian-born#	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Non-recent immigrant	0.8 (0.7, 1.0)	0.9 (0.6, 1.3)	0.8 (0.5, 1.2)	0.7 (0.5, 1.0)	0.0 ±1.2	0.6 ±1.0
Recent immigrant	0.7* (0.5, 0.9)	0.4** (0.2, 0.7)	0.2** (0.1, 0.5)	0.2** (0.1, 0.4)	3.4* ±1.6	2.2 ± 1.3

CI = confidence interval.

^†Adjusted for age, sex, accompaniment by dependent children, race/ethnicity, education, income, and lifetime years of homelessness.

^#Reference group

^*P < .05 level;

^**P <.01 level.

Note: Full multivariate models are shown in the Web Only Appendix.