Depressive Symptoms among Latino Sexual Minority Men and Latina Transgender Women in a New Settlement State: The Role of Perceived Discrimination

Table 2

Bivariable and multivariable associations with clinically significant depressive symptoms.

	OR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Discrimination
Ethnic/racial	1.28 (1.13, 1.45)^†	1.24 (1.05, 1.46)^†	—
Sexual identity or same-sex sexual behavior	1.24 (1.09, 1.41)^†	—	1.22 (1.03, 1.44)^†
Control variables
Age (years)	0.97 (0.92, 1.01)^‡	0.99 (0.93, 1.04)	0.99 (0.93, 1.05)
Employment status (year-round)	0.54 (0.26, 1.11)^‡	1.56 (0.56, 4.36)	1.49 (0.54, 4.11)
Masculinity	1.03 (0.99, 1.07)^‡	1.04 (0.99, 1.09)^‡	1.04 (0.99, 1.08)^‡
Fatalism	1.03 (1.00, 1.05)^‡	1.03 (1.00, 1.06)^‡	1.03 (1.00, 1.06)^‡
Social support	0.98 (0.96, 1.00)^‡	0.98 (0.96, 1.01)^‡	0.98 (0.96, 1.01)^‡
Other sociodemographics
Length of time lived in the US (years)	0.98 (0.92, 1.04)	—	—
≥HS diploma or equivalent	0.73 (0.37, 1.43)	—	—
≥2,000 monthly income	0.76 (0.34, 1.74)	—	—
Alcohol use (days/week)	0.80 (0.53, 1.20)	—	—
Acculturation	0.82 (0.50, 1.33)	—	—
Internalized homonegativity	0.99 (0.95, 1.03)	—	—
Community attachment	0.98 (0.91, 1.06)	—	—

⁢ and ⁢. Adjusted for age, employment status, masculinity, fatalism, and social support. Model to examine the association between ethnic/racial discrimination and clinically significant depressive symptoms. Model to examine the association between sexual discrimination and clinically significant depressive symptoms.