Table 4.
Association between Duration of US Residence and Lifetime Suicide Attempts 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 | 2.33 (0.19–28.1) | 4.20 (0.33–54.3) | 4.03 (0.33–49.0) | 3.49 (0.20–60.6) |
| 11–20 | 2.67 (0.51–14.0) | 3.63 (0.66–20.0) | 3.28 (0.47–23.0) | 4.65 (0.48–44.9) |
| > 20 | 1.86 (0.31–11.1) | 4.59 (0.83–25.4) | 3.38 (0.50–22.9) | 6.04 (0.45–80.7) |
| Asian (N = 1,636) | ||||
| < 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 5–10 | 0.90 (0.27–2.96) | 0.90 (0.26–3.16) | 0.76 (0.23–2.53) | 0.64 (0.16–2.62) |
| 11–20 | 2.21 (0.64–7.70) | 2.15 (0.56–8.31) | 1.37 (0.34–5.62) | 1.46 (0.32–6.71) |
| > 20 | 2.05 (0.51–8.23) | 2.45 (0.51–11.7) | 1.48 (0.31–7.12) | 1.43 (0.29–7.10) |
| Latino (N = 1,621) | ||||
| < 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 5–10 | 1.72 (0.32–9.11) | 1.99 (0.37–10.7) | 1.96 (0.37–10.4) | 1.59 (0.30–8.29) |
| 11–20 | 3.99 (1.14–13.9) | 4.76 (1.38–16.5) | 4.04 (1.24–13.2) | 3.70 (0.97–14.1) |
| > 20 | 4.89 (1.61–14.8) | 5.42 (1.68–17.5) | 4.27 (1.32–13.8) | 3.26 (0.91–11.7) |
Bold text indicates statistical significance where the 95 % confidence intervals do not include the null value (1.00)
a
Model 1: unadjusted
b
Model 2: adjusted for gender, education, income-to-needs ratio, and marital status
c
Model 3: adjusted for Model 2 and age at migration
d
Model 4: adjusted for Model 3 plus lifetime mood, anxiety and substance use disorders