Immigrant Health Inequalities in the United States: Use of Eight Major National Data Systems
Table 5
Weighted prevalence and adjusted odds of parent- or self-assessed fair or poor health among US children and adults from 26 ethnic-immigrant groups: The National Health Interview Survey, 2006–2012.
Ethnic-immigrant group
Children under 18 years (,105)
Adults aged 18+ years (,024)
Prevalence
Adjusted odds ratio1
Prevalence
Adjusted odds ratio1
%
SE
OR
95% CI
%
SE
OR
95% CI
Duration of residence in the US (years)
5
1.87
0.28
0.72
0.53–0.97
6.21
0.35
0.51
0.45–0.57
5–9
2.27
0.31
0.82
0.62–1.09
6.88
0.30
0.53
0.48–0.58
10–14
2.24
0.35
0.79
0.57–1.10
9.07
0.35
0.66
0.60–0.72
15+
2.28
0.71
0.86
0.46–1.60
15.45
0.25
0.87
0.83–0.91
US-born
1.87
0.05
1.00
Reference
12.69
0.13
1.00
Reference
Ethnic-immigrant group
Non-Hispanic white, US-born
1.20
0.06
1.00
Reference
11.81
0.15
1.00
Reference
Non-Hispanic white, immigrant
0.88
0.29
0.66
0.34–1.27
11.08
0.42
0.88
0.81–0.95
Non-Hispanic black, US-born
3.39
0.13
1.89
1.67–2.14
18.60
0.27
1.48
1.41–1.54
Non-Hispanic black, immigrant
1.42
0.46
0.73
0.37–1.44
9.28
0.41
0.72
0.65–0.79
American Indian/Alaska native
2.67
0.77
1.56
0.88–2.78
20.38
1.00
1.65
1.41–1.93
Asian Indian, US-born
0.89
0.25
0.92
0.52–1.62
2.39
0.88
0.58
0.26–1.28
Asian Indian, immigrant
0.74
0.39
0.54
0.19–1.57
6.07
0.46
0.65
0.56–0.75
Chinese, US-born
0.82
0.26
0.76
0.41–1.42
4.82
1.01
0.69
0.43–1.10
Chinese, immigrant
2.46
1.20
2.05
0.75–5.65
8.60
0.65
0.62
0.54–0.72
Filipino, US-born
1.02
0.31
0.96
0.52–1.75
9.08
0.94
1.00
0.80–1.24
Filipino, immigrant
0.29
0.22
0.22
0.05–0.96
9.28
0.57
0.79
0.69–0.92
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, US-born
2.99
1.74
2.07
0.66–6.45
8.91
1.83
0.91
0.63–1.29
Pacific Islander, immigrant
2.98
2.11
1.60
0.37–6.92
11.57
3.37
0.83
0.48–1.45
Other Asians, US-born2
1.67
0.25
1.26
0.93–1.71
8.00
1.28
0.94
0.73–1.21
Other Asians, immigrant2
1.19
0.37
0.73
0.39–1.35
11.40
0.48
0.89
0.81–0.98
Mexican, US-born
2.69
0.13
1.54
1.32–1.81
12.82
0.32
1.36
1.28–1.44
Mexican, immigrant
3.19
0.32
1.29
1.01–1.64
13.71
0.35
0.98
0.91–1.04
Puerto Rican, mainland US-born
3.52
0.34
2.04
1.61–2.60
12.62
0.66
1.61
1.42–1.81
Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico-born
6.33
1.67
2.87
1.60–5.15
24.08
0.92
1.58
1.42–1.76
Cuban, US-born
2.17
0.66
1.60
0.87–2.94
6.33
0.77
1.01
0.79–1.29
Cuban, immigrant
4.58
2.34
1.90
0.67–5.37
20.93
1.15
1.04
0.92–1.17
Central and South American, US-born
1.91
0.21
1.14
0.89–1.48
5.42
0.50
0.97
0.80–1.18
Central and South American, immigrant
1.85
0.46
0.92
0.55–1.54
12.46
0.37
0.90
0.83–0.97
Other Hispanics, US-born
3.14
0.47
2.12
1.54–2.91
13.99
0.75
1.29
1.13–1.48
Other Hispanics, immigrant
0.49
0.50
0.25
0.03–2.01
13.18
1.94
0.97
0.71–1.31
All other groups
1.78
0.37
1.43
0.93–2.20
9.23
0.69
0.83
0.70–0.98
OR: odds ratio; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval.
1Adjusted by logistic regression model for survey year, age, gender, ethnic-immigrant status (or race/ethnicity and length of immigration), region of residence, and poverty status.
2This category includes Koreans, Vietnamese, Japanese, Cambodians, Laotians, Hmongs, Thais, Pakistanis, and other Asians.
