Health Status among Older Immigrants in the United States
Health Status among Older Immigrants in the United States
Health Status among Older Immigrants in the United States
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Table 7: Odds Ratios from Logistic Regressions of Obesity on Detailed Race/Ethnic/Immigrant <strong>Status</strong>, 1992-1995Independent Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4Non-Hispanics:White native (reference) — — — ---White immigrant (N=3,936) 0.853** 0.837*** 0.839*** 0.841***Black native (N=9,787) 2.042*** y 1.793*** y 1.730*** y 1.689*** yBlack immigrant (N=363) 1.296 y 1.180 y 1.087 y 1.080 yCh<strong>in</strong>ese immigrant (N=396) 0.133*** 0.120*** 0.109*** 0.110***Ch<strong>in</strong>ese native (N=55) 0.319 0.342 0.311* 0.349Japanese immigrant (N=138) 0.035*** 0.036*** 0.037** 0.040**Japanese native (N=231) 0.252*** 0.266*** 0.248*** 0.280***O<strong>the</strong>r Asian immigrant (N=825) 0.289*** y 0.275*** y 0.228*** y 0.242*** yO<strong>the</strong>r Asian native (N=67) 0.951 y 0.954 y 0.914 y 0.993 yO<strong>the</strong>r immigrant (N=154) 1.175 0.999 y 0.961 y 0.917 yO<strong>the</strong>r native (N=604) 1.789*** 1.614*** y 1.550*** y 1.537*** yHispanics:Island-born Puerto Rican (N=619) 1.449*** 1.119 1.139 1.005Ma<strong>in</strong>land-born Puerto Rican (N=123) 1.233 1.241 1.155 1.209Cuban immigrant (N=746) 1.036 0.867 0.894 0.889Cuban native (N=94) 1.352 1.296 1.300 1.315Mexican immigrant (N=1,175) 1.666*** 1.170* 1.222** 1.085Mexican native (N=1,832) 1.583*** 1.258*** 1.303*** 1.242***O<strong>the</strong>r Hispanic immigrant (N=906) 0.876 0.737** y 0.705*** y 0.683*** yO<strong>the</strong>r Hispanic native (N=1,160) 0.976 0.964 y 0.943 y 0.992 yControlsAge, sex, year, self-reportTTTTEducationTTIncome, family sizeTTRegion, MSA size, central cityT-2LogL80031.59879288.93579339.10678855.949df31506491* p
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