Influence of Perceived Racial Discrimination on Health and Behaviour of Immigrant Children in British Columbia
Table 2
Effect of ethnic discrimination on health and behaviour: Models 1 through 8, NCCYS 1 Vancouver site data, .
Health
Hyperactive
Prosocial
Emotional
Physical
Indirect
General
(Model 1)
scale
scale
problems
aggression
aggression
behaviour
(Model 2)
(Model 3)
scale
scale
scale
scale
(Model 4)
(Model 5)
(Model 6)
(Model 7)
Exp (B)
Wald
b
t
b
t
b
t
b
t
b
t
b
t
Constant
−1.34
3.07
1.81
2.58
8.98
8.75
1.87
3.25
0.00
0.01
0.69
1.61
1.80
4.49
Parent
0.98
0.08
0.09
1.45
0.18
2.16
0.08
1.57
0.05
1.70
0.10
2.72
0.10
2.85
Family
0.87
1.47
0.04
.34
−0.15
−1.01
0.29
3.42
0.03
0.67
0.03
0.54
0.40
0.66
Culture
0.90
3.52
0.16
3.04
0.25
0.33
0.13
0.31
0.05
2.03
0.02
0.89
0.60
1.91
Afghani
1.04
0.01
−1.02
−3.42
−1.28
−2.96
−0.73
−3.02
0.75
5.11
0.81
4.47
−0.30
−1.77
Hong Kong
1.08
0.05
0.90
3.15
0.65
1.59
0.49
2.17
0.39
2.81
0.43
2.54
0.65
4.10
Iranian
36.35
122.87
−1.67
−6.02
4.04
10.01
−1.71
−7.57
0.06
0.46
−0.57
−3.40
−0.02
−0.12
Filipino
4.39
26.92
0.48
1.80
0.87
2.22
−0.92
−4.20
0.46
3.47
−0.33
−2.00
0.19
1.21
Punjabi
3.45
17.66
0.62
2.23
2.17
5.32
−0.49
−2.15
0.60
4.30
0.27
1.57
0.55
3.45
Less 2 Years
0.96
0.05
0.36
1.99
0.27
1.04
0.03
0.19
−0.00
−0.03
0.11
1.02
0.17
1.67
Educ-ation
1.01
0.05
−0.12
−1.55
0.54
4.99
0.00
0.05
−0.02
−0.63
−0.11
−2.45
0.05
1.08
Income
1.08
6.15
−0.06
−2.10
0.10
0.24
−0.20
−0.84
0.01
0.32
−0.01
−0.20
−0.02
−1.05
Female
1.29
2.41
−0.61
−3.91
0.81
3.52
−0.06
−0.47
−0.29
−3.75
0.08
0.80
0.02
0.24
Older
1.26
1.79
−0.82
−4.78
0.49
1.95
0.06
0.43
−0.40
−4.64
−0.24
−2.25
−0.15
0.23
0.26
0.15
0.23
0.11
0.08
0.10
0.14
Model 1 reports Cox and Snell and significance of chi squared to test the significance of the model. Models 2 through 7 report adjusted .¹Mainland China ethnic origin is the reference group. (). Bold coefficients denotes a statistical significance of 0.05 or greater. Model 1: dependent variable = health (1: excellent health). Model 2: dependent variable = hyperactivity scale (0–16). Model 3: dependent variable = prosocial behaviour scale (0–20). Model 4: dependent variable = emotional problems scale (0–16). Model 5: dependent variable = physical aggression scale (0–12). Model 6: dependent variable = indirect aggression scale (0–10). Model 7: dependent variable = general behaviour scale (0–15).
