Skip to main content
. 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 4.

Adjusted lifetime association of suicidality among race/ethnicity and immigration in the CPES study by nativity

Race/Ethnicity population group Model 1a
Model 2b
Suicide ideation Suicide attempt Suicide ideation Suicide attempt
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI




Total Sample
 PY - in country of origin 0.30 0.22 – 0.41** 0.23 0.16 – 0.35** 0.37 0.27 – 0.49** 0.33 0.22 – 0.50**
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 0.74 0.57 – 0.95* 0.70 0.47 – 1.04 0.85 0.66 – 1.09 0.91 0.62 – 1.34
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 0.53 0.42 – 0.67** 0.57 0.38 – 0.85* 0.70 0.55 – 0.90* 0.92 0.62 – 1.37
 USB 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - -
Asian
 PY - in country of origin 0.37 0.24 – 0.56** 0.30 0.13 – 0.71* 0.40 0.27 – 0.59** 0.36 0.15 – 0.86*
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 1.03 0.63 – 1.66 1.22 0.52 – 2.84 1.04 0.64 – 1.68 1.36 0.58 – 3.17
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 0.77 0.40 – 1.47 0.98 0.38 – 2.51 0.92 0.49 – 1.71 1.42 0.58 – 3.44
 USB 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - -
Hispanic
 PY - in country of origin 0.27 0.18 – 0.40** 0.26 0.15 – 0.44** 0.30 0.20 – 0.44** 0.33 0.19 – 0.55**
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 0.88 0.64 – 1.21 0.67 0.39 – 1.16 0.94 0.70 – 1.27 0.80 0.47 – 1.35
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 0.46 0.33 – 0.63** 0.58 0.33 – 1.02 0.55 0.41 – 0.75** 0.82 0.47 – 1.46
 USB 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - -
Black
 PY - in country of origin 0.45 0.20 – 0.99* 0.09 0.04 – 0.22** 0.49 0.23 – 1.03 0.11 0.04 – 0.25**
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 1.40 0.72 – 2.73 1.00 0.36 – 2.73 1.41 0.85 – 2.36 0.93 0.29 – 2.94
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 0.63 0.25 – 1.57 0.19 0.06 – 0.67* 0.76 0.31 – 1.88 0.27 0.08 – 0.91*
 USB 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - -
White
 PY - in country of origin 0.52 0.17 – 1.56 c - - 0.62 0.21 – 1.77 c - -
 FB - Immigrated at age 12 or younger 0.46 0.20 – 1.07 0.20 0.05 – 0.89* 0.55 0.23 – 1.29 0.26 0.06 – 1.12
 FB - Immigrated at age 13 or older 0.80 0.40 – 1.60 c - - 1.04 0.52 – 2.10 c - -
 USB 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - - 1.00 - -
a

Estimated in discrete time survival models controlling for age and sex as fixed covariates and person-year, marital status and education as time-varying covariates.

b

Estimated in discrete time survival models controlling for age and sex as fixed covariates and person-year, marital status, education, any mood, any anxiety and any substance DSM-IV disorders as time-varying covariates.

c

Could not be estimated due to zero cell OR Odds Ratio; CI Confidence Interval; USB United States Born; FB Foreign Born; PY Person Years

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.001