Table 3.
Multiracial Identification and Emotional Well-Being ( N = 9,222)
| Depression OLS Coefficient
|
Suicide Logit Coefficient
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
| Expanded race: Model 1a | ||||||
| Monoracial Black | 1.11** (0.32) | −0.29** (0.10) | ||||
| Monoracial Native American | 2.72 (2.05) | 0.73* (0.38) | ||||
| Monoracial Asian | 2.25** (0.82) | −0.19 (0.23) | ||||
| Monoracial other | −0.76 (1.59) | −0.73 (0.76) | ||||
| Multiracial other | 0.98 (0.96) | 0.52 (0.31) | ||||
| Black-White | 0.40 (1.51) | −0.01 (0.48) | ||||
| Native American-White | 1.83* (0.75) | 0.36 (0.26) | ||||
| Asian-White | 2.32 (1.56) | 0.50 (0.45) | ||||
| Compressed Race: Model 2 | ||||||
| Minority | 1.26** (0.33) | −0.26** (0.10) | ||||
| Multiracial | 1.41* (0.60)1 | 0.36* (0.18)1 | ||||
| Mother-specific racial status: Model 3 | ||||||
| Minority | 1.26** (0.33) | −0.26** (0.10) | ||||
| Multiracial: White mother | 1.41 (0.74) | 0.11 (0.26) | ||||
| Multiracial: Minority mother | 1.42 (0.81) | 0.70** (0.26)2 | ||||
| Control variables | ||||||
| Male | −1.70** (0.22) | −1.68** (0.22) | −1.68** (0.22) | −41** (0.09) | −.40** (0.09) | −.40** (0.09) |
| Mother’s education (omitted: less than HS) | ||||||
| HS or some college | −0.89** (0.33) | −0.92** (0.33) | −0.92** (0.33) | −0.07 (0.59) | −0.07 (0.12) | −0.07 (0.12) |
| College or more | −1.87** (0.36) | −1.88** (0.36) | −1.88 | −0.14 (0.15) | −.14 (0.15) | −.15 (0.15) |
| Log of family income | −0.59** (0.13) | −0.56** (0.13) | −56 | −0.02 (0.05) | −0.02 (0.05) | −0.02 (0.05) |
| Results from adjusted Wald test | ||||||
| Model 1 vs. Model 2 (df = 6) | 8.35, p < .05 | 7.15, p < .01 | ||||
| Model 2 vs. Model 3 (df = 6) | 5.53, p < .05 | 5.74, p < .01 | ||||
Notes: Standard errors are shown in parentheses. Data are adjusted for the complex sampling design of Add Health. Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health).
a
Omitted category is monoracial White.
1
Coefficient for “Multiracial” differs from that for “Minority” at the p < .05 level.
2
Coefficient for “Multiracial: Minority mother” differs from that for monoracial “Minority” at the p < .01 level.
*
Coefficient differs from 0 at the p < .05 level.
**
Coefficient differs from 0 at the p < .01 level.