Table 3.
Association between Duration of US Residence and Suicide Ideation in the past 12 months by race/ethnicity in the National Survey on American Life and the National Latino and Asian American Survey (N = 104)
| Years in the US | Odds ratio (95 % CI)a | Odds ratio (95 % CI)b |
|---|---|---|
| Afro-Caribbean (N = 1,134) | ||
| < 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 5–10 | 0.05 (0.00–0.58) | 0.07 (0.01–0.83) |
| 11–20 | 0.10 (0.01–0.82) | 0.45 (0.16–1.23) |
| > 20 | 0.03 (0.00–0.33) | 0.07 (0.00–0.96) |
| Asian (N = 1,636) | ||
| < 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 5–10 | 2.69 (0.39–18.7) | 1.76 (0.22–14.1) |
| 11–20 | 0.68 (0.20–2.28) | 0.52 (0.08–3.31) |
| > 20 | 0.31 (0.04–2.48) | 0.33 (0.02–4.85) |
| Latino (N = 1,621) | ||
| < 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 5–10 | 2.55 (0.28–23.2) | 2.14 (0.23–19.9) |
| 11–20 | 6.24 (1.22–32.0) | 4.58 (0.71–29.7) |
| > 20 | 20.4 (4.58–91.0) | 11.0 (2.21–55.1) |
Bold text indicates statistical significance where the 95 % confidence intervals do not include the null value (1.00)
a
Unadjusted
b
Adjusted for gender, education, income-to-needs ratio, marital status, age at migration and lifetime mood, anxiety and substance psychopathology