Latino Immigrant Children's Health: Effects of Sociodemographic Variables and of a Preventive Intervention Program

Table 3

Predicting the number of pediatric emergency department (PED) visits to 36 months postpartum (among participants with one or more PED visits to 36 months postpartum).

Predictor variables	Standardized partial regression coefficients	Significance level
Total number of visits^1
Intervention family	0.12	𝑃<.05
Mother’s age at target child’s birth	−0.05	ns
Target child’s age at first PED visit	−0.45	𝑃<.0001
Mother born outside the United States	−0.11	𝑃<.05
One or more children under age 5 lived in the home at intake (not including the target child)	−0.08	ns
Presence of a second primary caregiver for target child at intake	0.10	ns
Visits made for urgent conditions^2
Target child’s age at first PED visit	−0.23	𝑃<.0001
Mother born outside the United States	−0.20	𝑃<.01
Intervention family	0.17	𝑃<.05
Target child weighed less than 5.5 pounds at birth	0.13	ns

¹Adjusted 𝑅²=.260, F(6,264) = 16.77, P < 0001. ²Adjusted 𝑅²=.122, F(4,180) = 7.39, 𝑃<.0001.