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Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Apr;21(2):393–400. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0735-4

Table 2. Multivariate negative binomial regression models for goal-striving stress, National Survey of American Life (N = 4045).

	Model 1		Model 2

	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI
Intergenerational mobility (ref = lower education)
Equal education	0.80^***	0.71, 0.90^**	1.31	0.88, 1.93
Higher education	0.83^**	0.73, 0.95^**	1.23	0.89, 1.70
Ethnicity/nativity (ref = Foreign-born Caribbean Blacks)
U.S.-born Caribbean Blacks	0.86^*	0.76, 0.99^*	1.59	0.77, 3.29
U.S.-born African Americans	0.89^*	0.80, 0.99^*	1.32	0.91, 1.92
Control variables
Male	0.97	0.90, 1.05	0.97	0.90, 1.04
Age	0.99^***	0.98, 0.99^***	0.99^***	0.98, 0.99^***
Household income (⁺$1 k)	0.94^*	0.89, 0.99^*	0.94^*	0.89, 0.99^*
Material hardship	1.09^***	1.07, 1.12^***	1.10^***	1.07, 1.12^***
Everyday discrimination	1.01^***	1.01, 1.02^***	1.01^***	1.00, 1.02^***
Lifetime discrimination	0.99	0.97, 1.02	0.99	0.97, 1.02
Marital status (ref = married/cohabiting)
Divorced/separated/widowed	1.07	0.95, 1.22	1.07	0.94, 1.22
Never married	1.04	0.95, 1.14	1.04	0.95, 1.14
Self-rated health (ref = excellent)
Very good	1.11	0.98, 1.25	1.11	0.98, 1.25
Good	1.34^***	1.17, 1.53^***	1.34^***	1.17, 1.53^***
Fair/poor	1.86^***	1.62, 2.15^***	1.86^***	1.61, 2.14^***
Region (ref = south)
Northeast	1.07	0.96, 1.19	1.07	0.96, 1.19
Midwest	0.97	0.84, 1.10	0.96	0.85, 1.10
West	0.97	0.83, 1.14	0.97	0.83, 1.14
Interactions
U.S.-born Caribbean Blacks ^* equal education			0.48⁺	0.20, 1.15⁺
U.S.-born Caribbean Blacks ^* higher education			0.48	0.18, 1.24
U.S.-born African Americans ^* equal education			0.61^*	0.40, 0.92^*
U.S.-born African Americans ^* higher education			0.68^*	0.48, 0.97^*
Constant	27.45			18.38

Goal-striving stress scale ranges from 0/low to 60/high

⁺

p < 0.10;

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001