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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jul 29;73(8):1169–1177. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.002

Table 2.

Partially Adjusted models for the PHQ-9 and CES-D (N=246)

Model 1a Model 2a Model 3a Model 4a

PHQ-9 OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
PRE-MIGRATION FACTORS
Major life event prior to migration 2.71 (1.10 - 6.69) * - - - - - - - - -
High poverty prior to migration 3.75 (0.96 - 14.59) - - - - - - - - -
MIGRATION FACTORS
Feared for safety during migration - - - 4.43 (0.62 - 31.80) - - - - - -
Move to US was very stressful - - - 4.53 (1.65 - 12.41) ** - - - - - -
Traumatic event during migration - - - 3.42 (1.05 - 11.16) * - - - - - -
Entered without documentation - - - 1.13 (0.40 - 3.19) - - - - - -
POST-MIGRATION FACTORS
Racial/ethnic discrimination - - - - - - 4.49 (1.70 - 11.87) ** - - -
Racial problems in neighborhood - - - - - - 2.30 (0.89 - 5.48) - - -
Compatriots live in my neighborhood - - - - - - 2.42 (0.97 - 6.04) - - -
Neighborhood safety - - - - - - 1.18 (0.44 - 3.17) - - -
Speak/read only Spanish - - - - - - 2.38 (0.99 - 5.73) - - -
Family reunification - - - - - - 0.32 (0.14 - 0.75) ** - - -
SOCIAL SUPPORT FACTORS
Social support score - - - - - - - - - 0.91 (0.86 - 0.96) **
Familism score - - - - - - - - - 0.94 (0.84 - 1.05)
F-statistic 3.63 4.36 3.18 4.15
Prob > F 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PRE-MIGRATION FACTORS
Major life event prior to migration 3.82 (1.54 - 9.47) ** - - - - - - - - -
High poverty prior to migration 10.04 (2.74 - 36.82) ** - - - - - - - - -
MIGRATION FACTORS
Feared for safety during migration - - - 1.75 (0.18 - 17.10) - - - - - -
Move to US was very stressful - - - 2.29 (0.71 - 7.35) - - - - - -
Traumatic event during migration - - - 2.45 (0.75 - 8.05) - - - - - -
Entered without documentation - - - 4.31 (1.49 - 12.45) ** - - - - - -
POST-MIGRATION FACTORS - - -
Racial/ethnic discrimination - - - - - - 2.12 (0.55 - 8.17) - - -
Racial problems in neighborhood - - - - - - 3.49 (1.19 - 10.24) * - - -
Compatriots live in my neighborhood - - - - - - 2.42 (0.80 - 7.39) - - -
Neighborhood safety - - - - - - 1.46 (0.40 - 5.27) - - -
Speak/read only Spanish - - - - - - 3.02 (1.05 - 8.66) * - - -
Family reunification - - - - - - 0.57 (0.21 - 1.54) - - -
SOCIAL SUPPORT FACTORS
Social support score - - - - - - - - - 0.93 (0.87 - 1.00)
Familism score - - - - - - - - - 0.83 (0.74 - 0.93) **
F-statistic 5.35 4.17 3.40 2.99
Prob > F 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
*

p ≤.05,

**

p ≤.01

Note: Data are weighted. All models control for sex and age. Standard errors adjusted for clustering and stratification of sample.