Table 2.

Association between duration of US Residence and Lifetime Suicidal Ideation by Race/Ethnicity in the National Survey on American Life and the National Latino and Asian American Survey

Years in the US	Model 1a OR (95 % CI)	Model 2b OR (95 % CI)	Model 3c OR (95 % CI)	Model 4d OR (95 % CI)
Afro-Caribbean (N = 1,134)
< 5	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
5–10	0.54 (0.10–2.97)	0.67 (0.15–3.08)	0.50 (0.10–2.60)	0.44 (0.10–2.02)
11–20	0.40 (0.08–2.11)	0.58 (0.19–1.80)	0.35 (0.07–1.62)	0.70 (0.22–2.22)
> 20	0.88 (0.37–2.08)	1.53 (0.81–2.88)	0.56 (0.21–1.49)	0.85 (0.28–2.57)
Asian (N = 1,636)
< 5	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
5–10	1.09 (0.39–3.06)	1.15 (0.41–3.25)	1.05 (0.34–3.26)	0.88 (0.31–2.47)
11–20	1.23 (0.65–2.36)	1.32 (0.63–2.74)	1.02 (0.45–2.31)	1.02 (0.44–2.38)
> 20	1.40 (0.63–3.11)	1.82 (0.74–4.44)	1.37 (0.51–3.70)	1.30 (0.46–3.64)
Latino (N = 1,621)
< 5	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
5–10	1.90 (0.73–4.95)	2.05 (0.80–5.26)	1.96 (0.77–4.96)	1.89 (0.72–4.97)
11–20	2.92 (1.47–5.78)	3.19 (1.60–6.36)	2.64 (1.35–5.16)	2.34 (1.06–5.15)
> 20	4.30 (2.05–9.02)	4.41 (2.14–9.10)	3.33 (1.51–7.34)	2.66 (1.25–5.66)

Bold text indicates statistical significance where the 95 % confidence intervals do not include the null value (1.00)

^aModel 1: unadjusted

^bModel 2: adjusted for gender, education, income-to-needs ratio, and marital status

^cModel 3: adjusted for Model 2 and age at migration

^dModel 4: adjusted for Model 3 plus lifetime mood, anxiety and substance use disorders