Table 4.

Associations between depressive disorders, major depression and dysthymia, and substantive factors, adjusting for sociodemographic and health-related correlates (see Table 3, Model 4)

Substantive Factors		Major depression	Dysthymia
Acculturation
	English language preference	0.953	0.726***
		[0.908,1.000]	[0.631,0.835]
	Years in US	1.020***	1.039***
		[1.012,1.028]	[1.023,1.056]
	Preference for other racial-ethnic groups socially	1.016	1.052
		[0.979,1.055]	[0.938,1.179]
	Race-ethnic orientation	1.114***	0.903
		[1.079,1.151]	[0.776,1.050]
Stress
	Stressful life events	1.194***	1.036
		[1.172,1.216]	[0.992,1.083]
	Social stress -- personal life	1.464***	1.499***
		[1.413,1.516]	[1.276,1.761]
	Social stress -- control	2.186***	1.729***
		[2.123,2.251]	[1.599,1.870]
	Perceived racial-ethnic discrimination -- health care	0.910***	1.126***
		[0.886,0.935]	[1.053,1.204]
	Perceived racial-ethnic discrimination -- other	1.025	0.995
		[0.991,1.060]	[0.938,1.055]
Social integration
	Social network -- closeties	0.986***	0.958**
		[0.981,0.991]	[0.932,0.984]
	Social network -- instrumental ties	0.999	1.000
		[0.997,1.002]	[0.994,1.007]
	Social support	0.944**	0.893***
		[0.910,0.978]	[0.839,0.950]

Odds ratios [95% confidence intervals]

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01,

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