TABLE 3.
Multivariate 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) | |
| Generational status | |
| First (Ref) | 1.00 |
| Second | 1.70 (0.32, 9.00) |
| Third or later | 2.67** (1.08, 6.15) |
| Family cohesion | 0.79** (0.70, 0.88) |
| Interaction: Generational status × family cohesion | |
| First generation (Ref) | 1.00 |
| Second generation | 1.18 (0.88, 1.58) |
| Third generation | 1.28* (1.01, 1.61) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Chinese (Ref) | 1.00 |
| Filipino | 1.53 (0.97, 2.41) |
| Vietnamese | 2.02* (1.01, 4.01) |
| Other Asian Americans | 1.40 (0.82, 2.42) |
| Any DSM-IV disordera | |
| No (Ref) | 1.00 |
| Yes | 8.25** (5.04, 13.52) |
| Gender | |
| Men (Ref) | 1.00 |
| Women | 1.20 (0.80, 1.80) |
| Age, y | 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) |
| Marital status | |
| Married or cohabiting (Ref) | 1.00 |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 1.26 (0.71, 2.22) |
| Never married | 1.45 (0.80, 2.64) |
| Employed | |
| Yes (Ref) | 1.00 |
| No | 1.94** (1.28, 2.96) |
| Social desirability | 0.95 (0.86, 1.06) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
a
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), past 12 mo. No second-generation Vietnamese Americans received mental health services. There was no third-generation Vietnamese American in the sample.
*P ≤ .05; **P ≤ .01.