Table 4.

Predictors of problem drinking among Asian American young adults, stratified by nativity

	U.S. born			Foreign born
Predictors	Frequent drunkenness AOR [95% CI]	Alcohol-abuse symptoms AOR [95% CI]	Alcohol-dependence symptoms AOR [95% CI]	Frequent drunkenness AOR [95% CI]	Alcohol-abuse symptoms AOR [95% CI]	Alcohol-dependence symptoms AOR [95% CI]
Male	1.50 [0.72, 3.13]	1.37 [0.59, 3.15]	1.81 [0.87, 3.78]	4.04* [2.27, 12.83]	3.12 [0.88, 10.99]	1.89 [0.71, 5.06]
Age	0.90 [0.72, 1.13]	0.85 [0.67, 1.07]	0.92 [0.73, 1.16]	0.85 [0.61, 1.18]	0.89 [0.62, 1.28]	0.91 [0.68, 1.23]
College degree or more	2.44* [1.12, 5.30]	0.96 [0.44, 2.07]	0.80 [0.38, 1.67]	0.77 [0.28, 2.14]	2.00 [0.63, 6.35]	0.54 [0.20, 1.49]
Financial hardship	1.19 [0.83, 1.71]	1.82** [1.22, 2.72]	1.51* [0.99, 2.28]	1.09 [0.69, 1.72]	1.35 [0.85, 2.16]	1.11 [0.67, 1.85]
COO DDP	1.69 [0.90, 3.19]	1.76 [0.96, 3.23]	1.01 [0.58, 1.76]	4.90** [1.48, 16.21]	10.58** [2.02, 55.37]	1.40 [0.44, 4.47]
COO drinking prevalence	1.13 [0.73, 1.75]	1.21 [0.80, 1.83]	1.17 [0.76, 1.79]	1.07 [0.62, 1.85]	1.10 [0.55, 2.20]	2.23** [1.27, 3.92]
Asian language use	0.29 [0.06, 1.35]	0.73 [0.17, 3.17]	0.52 [0.13, 2.10]	0.39 [0.09, 1.71]	0.34* [0.12, 0.97]	0.18** [0.06, 0.56]
Test statistics	F(7, 766) = 1.55	F(7, 766) = 2.13*	F(7, 766) = 1.53	F(7, 751) = 1.99	F(7, 751) = 2.18*	F(7, 751) = 2.22*

Notes: AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; COO = country of origin; DDP = detrimental drinking pattern.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01.