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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Nov 29;49(7):1129–1137. doi: 10.1007/s00127-013-0799-3

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

No (N = 35,622,
85.40 %)
Yes (N = 7,320,
14.60 %)




% 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

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