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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 May 29;138:91–100. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.040

Table 3.

Bivariate associations with depressive symptomatology (CES-D)

Depressive Symptomatology
at Baseline at Follow-up


β (SE) ρ-value β (SE) ρ-value
Neighborhood ethnic density
 Low <15% (ref.)
 High 15%≥ 2.17 0.75 <0.01 ** 0.51 0.74 0.49
Neighborhood population living below poverty level 0.24 0.11 0.03 * 0.24 0.11 0.02 *
Gender
 Male (ref.)
 Female 5.22 0.82 <0.0001 *** 5.35 0.78 <0.0001 ***
Pre-migration urbanicity
 Urban/suburban (ref.)
 Town −1.50 1.16 0.20 −1.86 1.10 0.09 +
 Rural −0.54 0.82 0.52 −1.55 0.78 0.05 *
Reason for migration
 Socioeconomic reasons (ref.)
 Family reunification/to take care of family 1.89 0.82 0.02 * 2.41 0.77 <0.01 **
 Acces to health care services 6.09 1.63 <0.0001 *** 3.60 1.54 0.02 *
 Personal and family problems 4.31 1.41 <0.01 ** 6.11 1.33 <0.0001 ***
Length of stay in the U.S. mainland-categories
 Less 15y (ref.)
 15-24y −1.56 1.71 0.36 −0.26 1.61 0.87
 25-34y −2.00 1.53 0.19 −0.66 1.44 0.65
 >35y −3.47 1.38 0.01 ** −3.13 1.31 0.02 *
Language acculturation quartiles
 Q1 (Low) (ref.)
 Q2 −0.24 1.02 0.82 −1.20 0.97 0.22
 Q3 −0.85 1.05 0.42 −1.42 0.99 0.15
 Q4 (High) −2.02 1.06 0.06 + −2.17 1.00 0.03 *
Perceived racial/ethnic/language discrimination
 No|no answer (ref.)
 Yes 2.63 0.81 0.001 *** 1.65 0.77 0.03 *
Social activities - Factors
 Recreational activities −1.33 0.28 <0.0001 *** −1.44 0.27 <0.0001 ***
 Friends and neighbors activities −1.41 0.31 <0.0001 *** −1.26 0.30 <0.0001 ***
 Family activities −0.26 0.33 0.44 −0.46 0.32 0.15
 Church related activities −1.42 0.33 <0.0001 *** −1.41 0.31 <0.0001 ***
***

ρ≤0.001;

**

ρ≤0.01;

*

ρ≤0.05;

+

ρ≤0.10