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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2011 Oct 26;42(6):1175–1184. doi: 10.1017/S0033291711002340

Table 3.

Lifetime prevalence of suicidality among race/ethnicity and nativity in the CPES study by nativitya

Race/Ethnicity population groupb Suicide ideation Suicide attempt
n % SE % SE



Total Sample 15 180
 USB 10 274 15.68 0.58 4.93 0.25
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 988 12.64 1.47 4.18 0.75
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 3 819 6.48 0.63 1.78 0.26
Asian 2 178
 USB 476 13.52 1.94 3.91 1.08
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 249 15.48 2.64 5.20 1.48
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 1 450 6.10 0.70 1.53 0.30
Hispanic 3 259
 USB 1 370 15.46 0.98 7.07 0.69
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 481 13.55 1.99 5.28 1.19
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 1 390 5.59 0.61 2.62 0.46
Black 5 563
 USB 4 382 12.10 0.67 4.38 0.48
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 207 17.23 5.44 4.91 2.30
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 898 4.85 1.42 0.52 0.18
White 4 180
 USB 4 046 16.32 0.69 4.84 0.30
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 51 7.79 3.18 1.02 0.78
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 81 10.81 3.53 0.00 0.00
a

Frequencies are unweighted; percentages are weighted

b

There were 53 respondents with missing data on migrant status or age of migration SE Standard Error; USB United States Born; FB Foreign Born