Table 3.
Immigration Actions and News as Correlates of Parent’s High Psychological Distress (n = 213)a, b
| Number | % | Bivariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Due to Immigration Actions and News, Parent “Very Often” or “Always”…c | # | % | OR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI |
| Believe hard to find or keep a job | 63 | 29.6 | 2.67** | (1.38–5.20) | 1.79 | (.82–3.88) |
| Believe hard to get better job, more money | 94 | 44.1 | 1.76 | (.93–3.32) | 1.56 | (.73–3.33) |
| Worried will be hard for child to get job | 98 | 46.2 | 3.86*** | (1.96–7.57) | 3.19** | (1.49–6.81) |
| Warned child to stay away from authorities | 101 | 47.6 | 6.48*** | (3.08–13.64) | 4.06** | (1.75–9.45) |
| Worried family members will get separated | 140 | 65.7 | 5.82*** | (2.34–14.43) | 3.52* | (1.28–9.67) |
| Changed daily routines | 70 | 33.0 | 3.24*** | (1.68–6.25) | 2.07 | (.99–4.32) |
| Avoided medical care, police, services | 84 | 39.4 | 7.67*** | (3.77–15.61) | 5.30*** | (2.45–11.47) |
| Child has been negatively affected | 92 | 44.0 | 15.79*** | (6.60–37.77) | 10.39*** | (4.01–26.92) |
| Worried will be hard for child finish school | 98 | 46.0 | 12.03*** | (5.26–27.51) | 9.85*** | (3.81–25.42) |
| Child has been affected at school | 78 | 36.8 | 13.22*** | (6.12–28.57) | 7.65*** | (3.33–17.53) |
| Has been negatively affected | 95 | 45.2 | 11.25*** | (5.06–25.01) | 7.78*** | (3.33–18.20) |
| Avoided contact with police, authorities | 61 | 28.8 | 3.21** | (1.64–6.28) | 2.18* | (1.03–4.60) |
| Considered leaving U.S. | 37 | 17.5 | 4.00*** | (1.85–8.64) | 4.13** | (1.71–9.96) |
| Been stopped, questioned, harassed | 30 | 14.2 | 5.72*** | (2.38–13.76) | 8.03*** | (2.68–24.05) |
| Talked to child about changing behavior, such as where child hangs out | 100 | 46.9 | 14.50*** | (6.09–34.51) | 8.74*** | (3.42–22.39) |
Note: OR – odds ratio; AOR – adjusted odds ratio CI – confidence interval.
*
P≤.05;
**
P≤.01;
***
P≤.001;
a
Each immigration impact variable was examined in separate logistic models.
b
Adjusted models control for parent’s residency status; gender; having at least a high school education; and, reporting that a family member was detained or deported since the new President took office in 2017. Years living in the US and country of origin were not included in multivariate models due to multicollinearity with residency status.
c
The reference group includes responses of “never/almost never,” “not very often,” or “sometimes.”