Table 3.

Modeling the prevalence of major depression disoder and dysthymia by nativity and racial-ethnic origin

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Outcome = Major depression
African US- born	0.833***	0.681***	0.697***	0.590***
	[0.767,0.905]	[0.621,0.746]	[0.636,0.763]	[0.533,0.652]
African foreign-born	0.714***	0.744***	0.795**	1.391**
	[0.610,0.835]	[0.633,0.874]	[0.675,0.936]	[1.086,1.783]
Asian US-born	1.372***	1.159*	1.174**	1.174*
	[1.233,1.527]	[1.035,1.297]	[1.045,1.319]	[1.018,1.354]
Asian foreign- born	0.426***	0.506***	0.542***	0.724**
	[0.360,0.503]	[0.425,0.602]	[0.456,0.645]	[0.572,0.916]
European US-born (referent)
European foreign-born	0.765***	0.764***	0.772**	1.122
	[0.657,0.892]	[0.655,0.891]	[0.662,0.901]	[0.897,1.404]
Mexican US- born	0.981	0.763***	0.815***	0.754***
	[0.894,1.076]	[0.689,0.845]	[0.737,0.902]	[0.678,0.838]
Mexican foreign-born	0.615***	0.723***	0.763***	1.638***
	[0.555,0.680]	[0.653,0.800]	[0.689,0.846]	[1.445,1.858]
Puerto Rican born in US states	0.841***	0.662***	0.670***	0.643***
	[0.774,0.914]	[0.609,0.719]	[0.612,0.734]	[0.574,0.719]
Puerto Rican born in Puerto Rico	2.121***	2.436***	2.595***	4.288***
	[1.972,2.280]	[2.299,2.581]	[2.419,2.783]	[3.715,4.950]
Other Hispanic/Latino US-born	1.481***	1.296***	1.322***	1.392***
	[1.322,1.659]	[1.149,1.462]	[1.171,1.492]	[1.220,1.587]
Other Hispanic/Latino foreign-born	0.561***	0.597***	0.640***	1.021
	[0.491,0.640]	[0.512,0.695]	[0.547,0.749]	[0.863,1.208]
Outcome = Dysthymia
US-born (referent) Foreign-born	1.456***	1.397***	1.622***	1.876***
	[1.220,1.737]	[1.172,1.665]	[1.396,1.885]	[1.525,2.308]

Odds ratios [95% confidence intervals]. Model 1 is unadjusted. Model 2 adds sociodemographic variables. Model 3 adds sociodemographic and health-related variables. Model 4 adds sociodemographic and health-related variables as well as substantive factors (acculturation, stress, and social integration)

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01

^***P < 0.001 (two-tailed test)