Table 5 Odds ratio depicting the relationship between immigrant status and depression through five explanatory pathways | Demographic factors | Physical health | Socioeconomic status | Social participation | Family support | Complete model |
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Note. +p < .1, *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. Reference groups (nonimmigrant, male, less than two chronic diseases, without ADL limitations, respondent’s compulsory education, not involved in charity, not involved in education or training, not involved in sport or social club, not involved in religious organization, not involved in political/community organization, children’s compulsory education, without regular contact with children). Measures of the relative equality of statistical models: Akaike/Bayesian Information Criterion (AIC/BIC) and Log-Likelihood Value (LLV). |
Immigrant | 1.80*** | 1.64*** | 1.83*** | 1.67*** | 1.78*** | 1.67*** |
| (0.131) | (0.124) | (0.157) | (0.124) | (0.131) | (0.152) |
Age | 0.85*** | 0.86*** | 0.85*** | 0.85*** | 0.87*** | 0.90 ** |
| (0.023) | (0.025) | (0.028) | (0.024) | (0.025) | (0.031) |
Age squared | 1.00*** | 1.00*** | 1.00*** | 1.00*** | 1.00*** | 1.00 ** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) |
Female | 2.35*** | 2.09*** | 1.98*** | 2.30*** | 2.41*** | 1.94*** |
| (0.118) | (0.108) | (0.125) | (0.116) | (0.123) | (0.129) |
2+ chronic diseases | | 1.82*** | | | | 1.74*** |
| | (0.094) | | | | (0.108) |
ADL limitations | | 3.24*** | | | | 3.26*** |
| | (0.203) | | | | (0.251) |
Own education – postcompulsory | | | 0.81*** | | | 0.95 |
| | | (0.053) | | | (0.067) |
Single | | | 1.42*** | | | 1.31*** |
| | | (0.095) | | | (0.093) |
Partner’s education – postcompulsory | | | 0.95 | | | 1.084 |
| | | (0.061) | | | (0.076) |
Household income | | | 0.78*** | | | 0.84 * |
| | | (0.056) | | | (0.062) |
Involved in charity | | | | 0.81** | | 0.84+ |
| | | | (0.061) | | (0.078) |
Involved in education or training | | | | 0.76** | | 0.96 |
| | | | (0.077) | | (0.116) |
Involved in sport or social club | | | | 0.68*** | | 0.78*** |
| | | | (0.042) | | (0.059) |
Involved in religious organization | | | | 0.88 | | 0.93 |
| | | | (0.079) | | (0.097) |
Involved in political/community organization | | | | 0.70** | | 0.78 |
| | | | (0.096) | | (0.138) |
Number of children | | | | | 1.00 | 0.98 |
| | | | | (0.018) | (0.023) |
Children’s education – postcompulsory | | | | | 0.54*** | 0.61*** |
| | | | | (0.036) | (0.055) |
Regular contact with children | | | | | 0.69*** | 0.71*** |
| | | | | (0.039) | (0.050) |
AIC | 10799.58 | 10255.54 | 7733.31 | 10671.22 | 10621.65 | 7211.31 |
BIC | 10843.14 | 10313.63 | 7803.09 | 10751.05 | 10694.22 | 7357.71 |
LLV | –5393.79 | –5119.77 | –3856.65 | –5324.61 | –5300.83 | –3584.65 |