TABLE 2.

Bivariate Analyses of Current Use (Past 12 Months) of Mental Health Services Among Asian Americans: National Latino and Asian American Study, 2002–2003

	OR (95% CI)
Family cohesion	0.79* (0.73, 0.85)
Generational status
First (Ref)	1.00
Second	1.11 (0.61, 2.01)
Third or later	2.91* (1.58, 5.38)
Ethnicity
Chinese (Ref)	1.00
Filipino	1.09 (0.65, 1.81)
Vietnamese	1.23 (0.59, 2.59)
Other Asian Americans	1.18 (0.63, 2.21)
Any DSM-IV disordera
No (Ref)	1.00
Yes	8.96* (5.76, 13.9)
Self-rated mental health
Excellent (Ref)	1.00
Very Good	1.33 (0.76, 2.30)
Good	2.54* (1.25, 5.17)
Fair	3.15* (1.50, 6.60)
Poor	14.72* (4.02, 53.89)
Gender
Men (Ref)	1.00
Women	1.36 (0.88, 2.09)
Age, y	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)
Marital status
Married or cohabiting (Ref)	1.00
Divorced, separated, or widowed	2.09* (1.27, 3.42)
Never married	2.01* (1.13, 3.59)
Current health insurance
Yes (Ref)	1.00
No	1.63 (0.81, 3.28)
Education
≥ College degree (Ref)	1.00
Some college	1.11 (0.65, 1.90)
High school graduate	0.63 (0.32, 1.23)
< High school graduate	0.82 (0.44, 1.54)
Employed
Yes (Ref)	1.00
No	2.02* (1.26, 3.22)
Poverty
No (Ref)	1.00
Yes	1.38 (0.73, 2.59)
Region
Northeast (Ref)	1.00
Midwest	0.70 (0.32, 1.53)
South	0.67 (0.21, 2.15)
West	0.55 (0.36, 0.84)
English-language proficiency
Excellent or good (Ref)	1.00
Fair or poor	1.21 (0.73, 2.00)
Years in the United States
US-born (Ref)	1.00
0–5	0.62 (0.30, 1.25)
6–10	0.66 (0.28, 1.55)
11–20	0.44 (0.24, 0.79)
> 20	0.61 (0.36, 1.04)
Age at immigration, y
US-born (Ref)	1.00
≤ 12	0.69 (0.35, 1.36)
13–17	0.75 (0.30, 1.86)
18–34	0.47 (0.27, 0.83)
≥ 35	0.62 (0.37, 1.06)
Social desirability	1.05 (0.95, 1.15)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

^aDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), past 12 mo.

*P ≤ .01 via Wald test of hypothesis that coefficients of regression term are zero.