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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Oct;15(5):932–943. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9676-5

Table 3.

Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions of everyday discrimination, education, place of education, demographics, other socioeconomic factors, nativity and English proficiency on psychological distress: U.S. Asian American in the National Latino and Asian American Study 2002–2003

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7
Ethnicity (Vietnamesea)
 Filipino −.067 (.036) −.052 (.036) .001 (.037) −.001 (.039)
 Chinese .056 (.034) .066* (.034) .087** (.034) .086* (.034)
 Other Asians −.025 (.033) −.014 (.033) .034 (.035) .031 (.035)
Gender (Malea)
 Female .074*** (.020) .072*** (.020) .068*** (.020) .068*** (.020)
 Age (years) .001 (.001) .001 (.001) .001 (.001) .001 (.001)
Marital status (never marrieda)
 Married −.132*** (.028) −.108*** (.030) −.112*** (.030) −.109*** (.030)
 Divorced/separated/never married −.091* (.045) −.090* (.045) −.086 (.045) −.082 (.045)
Household income (<$15,000a)
 $15,000–$34,999.9 −.055 (.037) −.055 (.037) −.051 (.037)
 $35,000–$74,999.9 −.051 (.032) −.041 (.032) −.038 (.032)
 ≥$75,000 −.096** (.031) −.075* (.031) −.070* (.031)
Employment status (unemployeda)
Employed −.049 (.041) −.045 (.041) −.046 (.041)
 Not in labor force −.068 (.044) −.065 (.044) −.066 (.043)
 Nativity (foreign-borna)
 U.S.-born −.022 (.035) −.024 (.035)
English proficiency (fair to poor Englisha)
 Excellent or good English −.129*** (.026) −.133*** (.026)
Place of education (foreign-educateda)
 U.S.-educated −.030 (.022) −.085*** (.021) −.099*** (.023) −.094*** (.023) −.043 (.034) .002 (.038)
Education (less than collegea)
 College or more (≥16) −.025 (.021) −.047* (.020) −.041* (.020) −.031 (.021) −.007 (.021) −.124* (.056)
Everyday discrimination .154*** (.013) .167*** (.014) .173*** (.014) .174*** (.014) .175*** (.014) .149*** (.017)
Interactions
 Everyday discrimination × college or more .080** (.029)
 Everyday discrimination × college or more × U.S.-educated −.044* (.020)
 Intercept 1.083 1.384 1.108 1.116 1.194 1.231 1.262
Adjusted R2 .059 .001 .067 .090 .093 .103 .106

N = 2,085;

p <.1;

*

p <.05;

**

p <.01;

***

p <.001 (two-tailed tests).

The regression coefficients are unstandardized, and standard errors are in parentheses

a

Reference group