Table 3.

Adjusted odds of selected health measures among immigrant and US-born children aged 0–17 years.

	Fair/poor health			Fair/poor dental health			Obese/overweight 10–17 yrs			Never breast-fed 0–5 yrs			Miss school 11+ days 6–17 yrs			Injury requiring medical care 0–5 yrs			At least 1 chronic condition
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Hispanic
F-born child, both immigrant parents	6.88	4.17	11.37	10.10	7.22	14.12	1.14	0.73	1.79	0.49	0.21	1.15	0.36	0.17	0.78	1.03	0.38	2.80	0.33	0.22	0.49
US-born child, both immigrant parents	3.44	2.30	5.16	5.64	4.12	7.70	1.89	1.22	2.93	0.17	0.11	0.25	0.28	0.13	0.61	0.25	0.17	0.39	0.34	0.22	0.51
US-born child, one immigrant parent	2.86	1.01	8.16	3.87	1.58	9.48	1.81	0.86	3.84	0.58	0.30	1.11	0.64	0.17	2.37	0.99	0.45	2.18	0.78	0.38	1.58
US-born child, US-born parents	3.49	2.42	5.02	3.25	2.54	4.17	1.58	1.25	2.01	0.79	0.60	1.03	1.22	0.88	1.70	0.77	0.52	1.14	1.04	0.82	1.30
Non-Hispanic White
One or both immigrant parents	0.52	0.27	1.00	1.00	0.61	1.64	1.12	0.76	1.65	0.39	0.27	0.56	0.71	0.45	1.14	0.86	0.49	1.53	0.72	0.51	1.03
US-born child, US-born parents	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference
Non-Hispanic Black
One or both immigrant parents	1.24	0.33	4.57	1.66	0.76	3.61	1.53	0.93	2.52	0.25	0.14	0.46	0.38	0.08	1.74	0.65	0.31	1.40	0.79	0.42	1.47
US-born child, US-born parents	1.75	1.32	2.34	1.67	1.37	2.03	1.59	1.37	1.83	2.19	1.82	2.63	0.53	0.42	0.68	0.67	0.45	1.00	1.05	0.91	1.20
All other ethnic groups
F-born child, both immigrant parents	2.53	0.79	8.08	2.93	1.26	6.82	0.44	0.28	0.71	0.93	0.22	3.96	0.37	0.15	0.90	0.95	0.30	3.03	0.10	0.05	0.21
US-born child, both immigrant parents	2.07	0.63	6.82	1.92	0.92	4.02	0.57	0.29	1.09	0.42	0.22	0.80	0.04	0.01	0.12	0.31	0.16	0.59	0.30	0.13	0.65
US-born child, one immigrant parent	0.11	0.02	0.50	1.25	0.30	5.21	0.76	0.25	2.29	0.96	0.32	2.82	0.38	0.14	1.01	0.59	0.14	2.55	0.94	0.39	2.26
US-born child, US-born parents	1.57	1.15	2.15	1.61	1.27	2.04	1.38	1.14	1.66	0.93	0.76	1.15	0.97	0.71	1.33	1.05	0.76	1.45	1.10	0.93	1.31
Age, y
0 to 3	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference													1.00		Reference
4 to 7	2.36	1.69	3.30	3.84	2.83	5.22							1.00		Reference				3.13	2.55	3.84
8 to 11	2.71	1.99	3.67	5.37	3.95	7.3							1.09	0.84	1.41				4.97	4.08	6.06
12 to 14∧	3.57	2.57	4.96	3.73	2.71	5.14	1.00		Reference				1.43	1.11	1.85				5.19	4.24	6.36
15 to 17∧∧	3.21	2.36	4.36	2.85	2.03	4.02	0.60	0.54	0.67				1.55	1.23	1.97				5.42	4.42	6.65
Gender
Male	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference
Female	0.83	0.66	1.04	0.83	0.72	0.97	0.74	0.66	0.82	0.96	0.84	1.09	1.03	0.86	1.23	0.73	0.66	0.88	0.61	0.55	0.68
Household poverty status (ratio of family income to poverty threshold)
Below 100%	5.09	3.50	7.40	7.53	5.87	9.66	2.38	1.99	2.85	3.03	2.47	3.72	2.62	2.00	3.43	0.90	0.67	1.21	2.84	2.41	3.35
100–200%	2.77	1.87	4.10	4.86	3.75	6.31	1.93	1.65	2.26	1.95	1.61	2.37	1.92	1.49	2.48	0.86	0.64	1.16	2.07	1.77	2.44
200–400%	1.09	0.72	1.64	2.11	1.64	2.71	1.47	1.29	1.68	1.41	1.19	1.68	1.34	1.03	1.73	0.82	0.65	1.04	1.31	1.13	1.52
At or above 400%	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference

OR: odd ratio; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval. F-born: foreign-born.

^∧The reference group for obesity/overweight aged 10–13.

^∧∧Age group 14–17 for obesity/overweight measure.