Table 1.
Violent antisocial behaviors of native-born and immigrants aged 18 and older in the United States
Violent antisocial behaviors | Immigrated to the United States | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
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No (N = 35,622, 85.40 %) |
Yes (N = 7,320, 14.60 %) |
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% | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | OR | (95 % CI) | OR | (95 % CI) | |
Bullied people | 6.78 | (6.6–7.0) | 3.28 | (3.1–3.5) | 0.47 | (0.44–0.50) | 0.63 | (0.57–0.69) |
Destroy others’ property | 4.17 | (4.0–4.3) | 1.29 | (1.0–1.6) | 0.30 | (0.24–0.37) | 0.66 | (0.50–0.86) |
Harass/threatened/blackmail someone | 1.92 | (1.8–2.0) | 0.67 | (0.6–0.8) | 0.35 | (0.29–0.42) | 0.69 | (0.54–0.88) |
Set a fire on purpose | 1.25 | (1.2–1.3) | 0.45 | (0.2–0.8) | 0.36 | (0.20–0.64) | 0.99 | (0.45–2.19) |
Hurt an animal on purpose | 1.95 | (1.8–2.0) | 1.12 | (1.0–1.2) | 0.57 | (0.51–0.63) | 0.92 | (0.78–1.08) |
Do things that could have easily hurt you/others | 15.91 | (15.6–16.2) | 3.72 | (3.5–3.9) | 0.20 | (0.19–0.22) | 0.54 | (0.48–0.60) |
Hurt another person on purpose | 5.62 | (5.4–5.8) | 1.89 | (1.7–2.1) | 0.32 | (0.29–0.36) | 0.67 | (0.59–0.77) |
Get into a fight that came to swapping blows with romantic partner | 7.35 | (7.1–7.6) | 2.56 | (2.4–2.7) | 0.33 | (0.31–0.35) | 0.47 | (0.43–0.51) |
Hit someone so hard that you injure them | 6.67 | (6.5–6.8) | 2.25 | (2.1–2.4) | 0.32 | (0.30–0.35) | 0.52 | (0.47–0.58) |
Get into lots of fights that you started | 3.04 | (2.9–3.2) | 1.56 | (1.4–1.7) | 0.50 | (0.45–0.57) | 0.82 | (0.71–0.96) |
Use a weapon in a fight | 3.00 | (2.9–3.1) | 0.99 | (0.9–1.1) | 0.32 | (0.29–0.37) | 0.46 | (0.38–0.56) |
Adjusted odds ratios adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, household income, education level, marital status, region of the United States, urbanicity, and anxiety and mood disorders, personality disorders, alcohol use disorders, drug use disorders, and parental antisocial influence Odds ratios and confidence intervals in bold are statistically significant