Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of immigrant school-aged youth in the United States
| Born outside of the United States | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 11,030; 92.35%) | Yes (n = 1,068; 7.65%) | |||||||
| M (SD) | % (95% CI) | M (SD) | % (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | AOR | (95% CI) | |
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | ||||||||
| Age | 12.95 (1.74) | 13.16 (1.81) | 1.09 | (1.01-1.17) | 1.29 | (1.08-1.55) | ||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 48.52 (47.05-49.99) | 45.34 (41.36-49.37) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Male | 51.48 (50.01-52.95) | 54.66 (50.63-58.64) | 1.14 | (0.96-1.35) | 1.14 | (0.93-1.42) | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 59.45 (53.46-65.17) | 22.91 (18.46-28.05) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| African American | 15.51 (12.22-19.49) | 15.01 (10.94-20.24) | 2.51 | (1.79-3.53) | 2.31 | (1.63-3.28) | ||
| Hispanic | 11.83 (8.70-15.89) | 37.36 (29.11-46.42) | 8.19 | (6.04-11.12) | 7.47 | (5.44-10.26) | ||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.11 (2.54-6.58) | 17.95 (12.48-25.13) | 11.34 | (7.70-16.70) | 11.99 | (8.26-17.41) | ||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.77 (1.35-2.31) | 0.74 (0.35-1.56) | 1.08 | (0.51-2.29) | 1.01 | (0.48-2.12) | ||
| Other | 7.34 (6.25-8.60) | 6.04 (3.43-10.43) | 2.14 | (1.29-3.53) | 2.14 | (1.29-3.57) | ||
| Grade in School | 7.55 (1.62) | 7.64 (1.61) | 1.06 | (0.98-1.14) | 0.81 | (0.67-0.98) | ||
| Family Affluence | 5.99 (1.94) | 5.39 (2.05) | 0.86 | (0.82-0.90) | 0.92 | (0.88-0.96) | ||
Note: Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, grade level, and family affluence. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) in bold are statistically significant.