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. 2013 Jan 16;68(2):298–309. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbs163

Table 4.

Odds Ratios Depicting Relationship Between Depression and Explanatory Pathways for Immigrants and Nonimmigrants and t-Test for Equality of Coefficients

Nonimmigrants Immigrants t-Statistic for equality of coefficients
Age 0.84*** 0.86 0.10
[0.79,0.90] [0.64,1.16]
Age squared 1.00*** 1.00 −0.09
[1.00,1.00] [1.00,1.00]
Drinking 0.94 1.03 0.33
[0.82,1.07] [0.59,1.81]
Current smoker 1.28*** 1.18 −0.30
[1.12,1.45] [0.74,1.89]
>2 chronic diseases 2.19*** 1.49* −1.58
[1.95,2.45] [0.94,2.36]
ADLs 3.56*** 4.60*** 0.72
[3.04,4.16] [2.33,9.11]
Married 0.64*** 0.71 0.32
[0.56,0.74] [0.40,1.24]
Number of children 1.06*** 1.00 −0.78
[1.02,1.10] [0.88,1.14]
Child living nearby 1.11* 1.14 0.09
[0.99,1.25] [0.73,1.77]
Provides care 1.07 0.54** −2.19
[0.94,1.23] [0.30,0.98]
Participates in charity 0.91 0.74 −0.41
[0.76,1.10] [0.27,1.98]
Pursuing continuing education 1.03 0.92 0.23
[0.79,1.34] [0.30,2.85]
Participates in sports clubs 0.76*** 0.39** −1.75
[0.66,0.89] [0.18,0.82]
Participation in a religious org 0.71*** 1.38 1.63
[0.56,0.89] [0.64,2.97]
Participates in a political org 1.00 1.32 0.24
[0.77,1.29] [0.14,12.8]
Citizenship 1.19
[0.76,1.88]
Time since immigration (yr) 1.00
[0.99,1.02]
Education (in yr) 0.97*** 0.94** −1.39
[0.96,0.99] [0.90,0.99]
Working 0.39*** 0.44*** 0.34
[0.32,0.49] [0.24,0.82]
Retired 0.51*** 0.90 1.57
[0.41,0.63] [0.46,1.78]
Eq. HH income 1.00 0.99 −1.59
[1.00,1.00] [0.98,1.00]
Germany 0.97 1.88 1.12
[0.71,1.32] [0.62,5.77]
Sweden 0.91 3.55** 2.15
[0.67,1.23] [1.06,11.8]
The Netherlands 1.19 4.41** 2.17
[0.89,1.61] [1.41,13.8]
Spain 1.51*** 2.58 0.59
[1.12,2.02] [0.43,15.4]
Italy 2.08*** 16.3** 1.63
[1.57,2.77] [1.39,190.9]
France 1.88*** 3.10** 0.87
[1.41,2.51] [1.04,9.18]
Denmark 0.85 9.16*** 3.16
[0.60,1.19] [2.17,38.6]
Greece 1.27 1.71 0.34
[0.94,1.70] [0.31,9.54]
Switzerland 1.07 2.51 1.29
[0.71,1.61] [0.73,8.63]
Belgium 1.19 1.91 0.76
[0.90,1.58] [0.59,6.16]
N 11,525 657

Note. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals within brackets.*p < .1. **p < .05. ***p < .01.