Table 2.

Association between ever reporting of asthma-related symptoms by generation of immigrants using logistic regression analyses

Characteristics	First-generation immigrant (n = 190)	Second-generation immigrant (n = 2645)	Non-immigrants (n = 12,965)	Total (n = 15,799)	First-generation immigrants vs. non-immigrants		Second-generation immigrants vs. non-immigrants
	%	%	%		OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Asthma1
Yes	32	34	46	42	0.57	(0.34–0.95)	0.61	(0.53–0.70)
No	68	66	54	58
Asthma diagnosis
Yes	22	19	22	21	0.99	(0.54–1.82)	0.80	(0.66–0.96)
No	78	81	78	79
Wheezing
Yes	30	28	40	37	0.64	(0.38–1.09)	0.58*	(0.51–0.68)
No	70	72	60	63
Use of asthma medication2
Yes	17	12	14	14	1.23	(0.62–2.43)	0.79*	(0.64–0.97)
No	83	88	86	86
Allergies
Yes	39	34	38	37	1.05	(0.64–1.72)	0.85	(0.74–0.97)
No	61	66	62	63

¹Asthma is defined as diagnosis by a health professional as having asthma, having wheezing or whistling in the chest, or taking Ventolin, inhalers, or puffers for asthma in their lifetime. ²Medications included Ventolin and inhalers or puffers for asthma

n, unweighted number of participants; %, weighted percent; *p value < 0.05