. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2015 Mar;56(1):2–18. doi: 10.1177/0022146514567896

Table 2.

Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems, by Race-ethnicity and Mother’s Immigration Status

	Total	Mexican	Other Latino	White	Black	Asian
Mother’s Immigration Status	Internalizing (X̄)
Undocumented	4.62^b	4.66^b	4.46^b
Naturalized citizen or documented	3.01^a,^b	3.43^a,^b	3.52^a,^b	1.75^b	2.17	2.22
U.S. born	2.44^a	2.59^a	2.10^a	2.34	2.69	2.07

	Externalizing (X̄)

Undocumented	7.57^b	7.87^b	6.02
Naturalized citizen or documented	5.74^a,^b	6.42^a	6.20	4.21^b	5.02	4.48^b
U.S. born	6.86^a	6.68^a	5.32	6.96	7.20	7.23

Data Source: Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

Analysis based on weighted data.

Significantly different from undocumented

Significantly different from U.S. born