Table 3.

Summary of Logistic Regression Analyses for Variables Predicting Lifetime Suicidal Ideation by Gender

Variable	Men (n = 72)		Women (n = 119)
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age
18–24	1.00		1.00
25–34	1.16	[0.53, 2.55]	1.38	[0.62, 3.07]
35–49	1.13	[0.33, 3.86]	0.70	[0.31, 1.57]
50–64	0.80	[0.21, 3.04]	0.61	[0.21, 1.80]
65 or above	0.17*	[0.04, 0.86]	0.54	[0.11, 2.75]
Ethnic origin
Chinese	1.00		1.00
Vietnamese	0.61	[0.33, 1.12]	0.98	[0.48, 2.01]
Filipino	1.13	[0.51, 2.48]	0.72	[0.41, 1.24]
Other Asian	0.56	[0.26, 1.22]	0.65	[0.35, 1.21]
Marital status
Married	1.00		1.00
Never married	3.04**	[1.41, 6.55]	1.80*	[1.06, 3.05]
Divorced/separated/widoweda	—		2.00	[0.90, 4.46]
Education
Less than 16 yearsb	0.82	[0.46, 1.47]	1.29	[0.70, 2.41]
16 years or more	1.00		1.00
Household poverty (yes)	1.59	[0.82, 3.08]	0.89	[0.42, 1.90]
Nativity
U.S. born	1.00		1.00
Foreign born	1.18	[0.63, 2.22]	0.80	[0.48, 0.34]
Lifetime psychiatric disorders
Neither a depressive nor anxiety disorder	1.00		1.00
Depressive disorder only	1.49	[0.58, 3.82]	6.17***	[3.21, 11.88]
Anxiety disorder only	3.83***	[2.11, 6.93]	5.18***	[2.96, 9.05]
Depressive and anxiety disorders	7.43***	[3.51, 15.72]	5.15**	[1.85, 14.31]
No. of chronic conditions
None	1.00		1.00
One to two	2.20*	[1.20, 4.04]	1.46	[0.63, 3.39]
Three or more	3.54*	[1.14, 10.98]	0.71	[0.47, 1.07]
Family conflict	1.89*	[1.02, 3.50]	2.82***	[1.52, 5.24]
Discrimination	1.48**	[1.15, 1.90]	1.43**	[1.08, 1.89]
Ethnic identity	0.74	[0.40, 1.35]	0.76	[0.53, 1.07]

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

^aNo respondents were in the “divorced/separated/widowed” category.

^bYears of education (less than 11 years, 12 years, and 13–15 years) were aggregated into a single category (less than 16 years) due to insufficient respondents in each cell.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.