Influence of Perceived Racial Discrimination on Health and Behaviour of Immigrant Children in British Columbia

Table 1

Descriptive statistics, NCCYS Vancouver site data, 𝑛=1083.

Dependent variables
Continuous	Mean	SD	Items	Range	Alpha
Behaviour scales¹
Hyperactive (Model 2)	2.77	2.66	8	0–16	0.77
Prosocial (Model 3)	13.15	4.07	10	0–20	0.84
Emotional problems (Model 4)	1.84	2.14	8	0–16	0.74
Physical aggression (Model 5)	0.87	1.26	6	0–12	0.63
Indirect aggression (Model 6)	1.21	1.57	5	0–10	0.74
Combined behaviour (Model 7)	1.63	1.57	5	0–15	0.52
Categorical	Percent			N
Health (Model 1)
Excellent	31.4			340
Other	68.3			740
Missing	0.3			3
Total	100.0			1083
Independent variables
Continuous	Mean	SD	Items	Range	Alpha
Discrimination scales¹
Parental discrimination	1.17	1.47	3	0–9	0.76
Family discrimination	0.45	0.83	6	0–6	0.52
Cultural discrimination	6.08	1.56	6	0–18	0.80
	Mean	SD	Range	N	Missing
Income¹	5.55	2.99	0–12	1083	—
Education	2.54		0–6	1040	43
Categorical	Percent			N
Ethnicity
Afghani	16.7			181
Hong Kong Chinese	16.6			180
Iranian	16.7			181
Filipino	16.6			180
Punjabi	16.6			180
Mainland Chinese*	16.7			181
Total	100.0			1083
Years in Canada
2 years or less	35.0			379
Over 2 years	65.0			704
Total	100.0			1083
Gender
Female	47.8			517
Male	52.2			565
Missing	0.3			1
Total	100.0			1083
Age
Younger (4–6)	50.1			543
Older (11–13)	49.9			540
Total	100.0			1083

¹Denotes missing cases imputed to mean.