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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 Mar 13;75(12):2085–2098. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.035

Table 6. Results of logistic regression on anxiety in past 12 months for Asians in the U.S. labor force: 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study.

Any anxiety disorder in past 12 months

Model 1a-g: each adjusted for age, gendera Model 2: nativity + occupational class + confounders Model 3: Model 2 + income+SSS Model 4: Model 3 + material + psychosocial factors Model 5: Model 4 + immigration-related factors, immigrants
Adj. OR (95% CI) Adj. OR (95% CI) Adj. OR (95% CI) Adj. OR (95% CI) Adj. OR (95% CI)
Nativity
 U.S. born (Ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Immigrant 0.59* (0.36 – 0.96) 0.47* (0.26 – 0.86) 0.47* (0.25 – 0.87) 0.66 (0.35–1.25)
Education
 17 years or more (Ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 13–16 years 2.14* (1.18 – 3.90) 2.12* (1.04 – 4.32) 1.89 (0.86 – 4.14) 1.71 (0.83–3.55) 1.67 (0.71–3.96)
 12 years 1.07 (0.40 – 2.86) 0.86 (0.27 – 2.74) 0.80 (0.26 – 2.45) 0.73 (0.29–1.87) 0.76 (0.15–3.82)
 < 12 years 0.97 (0.23–4.16) 0.77 (0.14 – 4.16) 0.62 (0.09 – 4.48) 0.63 (0.10–4.07) 0.80 (0.13–4.92)
English language proficiency
 Excellent/good (Ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Fair/poor 3.35** (1.60–7.01) 2.81** (1.38 – 5.72) 2.66* (1.23–5.76) 4.00** (1.47–10.91)
Occupational class
 White-collar (Ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Blue-collar 0.68 (0.28–1.65) 0.83 (0.32 – 2.16) 0.86 (0.34 – 2.19) 1.04 (0.42–2.58) 0.77 (0.29–2.06)
 Service 0.82 (0.34 – 2.00) 0.93 (0.32 – 2.70) 0.98 (0.33 – 2.89) 0.94 (0.29–3.05) 0.44 (0.06–3.19)
 Unemployed 1.02 (0.37 – 2.83) 0.98 (0.34 – 2.80) 0.86 (0.27 – 2.79) 0.97 (0.29–3.19) 0.60 (0.14–2.65)
Annual household income
 High income (≥300% FPL) (Ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Moderate income (200–299% FPL) 0.61 (0.29 – 1.28) 0.51 (0.24 – 1.11) 0.52 (0.24–1.12) 0.81 (0.31–2.13)
 Near poor (100–199% FPL) 0.99 (0.32–3.03) 1.01 (0.30 – 3.41) 0.95 (0.29–3.15) 0.61 (0.09–4.28)
 Poor (<100% FPL) 1.91 (0.86–4.24) 1.79 (0.90 – 3.55) 1.21 (0.55–2.69) 0.90 (0.23–3.49)
SSS in U.S. 0.85* (0.75–0.97) 0.96 (0.78 – 1.19) 1.03 (0.83–1.27) 1.10 (0.85–1.42)
SSS in community 0.83*** (0.75–0.91) 0.86 (0.73–1.00) 0.87 (0.74–1.03) 0.85 (0.70–1.03)

Material factors

Health insurance
 Any health insurance (Ref.) 1.00 1.00
 Uninsurance 1.13 (0.40–3.17) 1.54 (0.42–5.71)
Perceived financial need 1.12 (0.56–2.23) 0.98 (0.31–3.12)

Psychosocial factors

Perceived discrimination 1.08*** (1.04–1.13) 1.09** (1.03–1.14)
Marital status
 Married (Ref.) 1.00 1.00
 Never married 2.15* (1.05–4.41) 3.28* (1.08–10.00)
 Widowed, separated, divorced 1.64 (0.64–4.22) 2.39 (0.70–8.15)
Family social support 0.98 (0.87–1.10) 1.07 (0.92–1.25)
Friend social support 0.98 (0.85–1.13) 0.91 (0.79–1.04)

Immigration-related factors

SSS in country of origin 0.91 (0.79 – 1.06) 0.99 (0.79–1.24)
Acculturative stress 1.16 (0.97–1.39)
Duration of residence in U.S. 1.02 (0.97–1.08)
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001 ;

Adj. OR =Adjusted Odds Ratio, 95% CI=95% Confidence Interval, FPL=Federal Poverty Level, SSS =Subjective Social Status Results shown account for complex survey design due to clustering, stratification and unequal probability sampling

Models 2–5 also adjusted for age, gender and ethnicity

Statistically significant results (p<.05) are shown in bold.

a

Age, gender-adjusted associations shown for nativity (model 1a), occupational class (model 1b), education (model 1c), income (model 1d), SSS in US (model 1e), SSS in community (model 1f), SSS in country of origin (model 1 g)