Research Article

Association between Acculturation and Binge Drinking among Asian-Americans: Results from the California Health Interview Survey

Table 2

Multivariable logistic regression odds ratio (and 95% confidence interval) for binge drinking among adult Asian-Americans.

Chinese FilipinoSouth AsianJapaneseKoreanVietnamese

Acculturation
 Language spoken at home
  Non-English only (ref.)
  English and another0.98
(0.55, 1.74)
1.99
(0.83, 4.77)
2.12
(0.85, 5.33)
0.56
(0.19, 1.61)
1.32
(0.58, 2.99)
1.62
(0.51, 5.22)
  English only0.83
(0.52, 1.33)
2.91
(1.21, 6.96)
1.54
(0.72, 3.27)
0.52
(0.17, 1.59)
0.98
(0.59, 1.63)
3.00
(1.58, 5.70)*
 Generation level
  Zero (ref.)
  First 0.97
(0.59, 1.60)
1.50
(0.88, 2.55)
3.05
(1.55, 5.98)*
0.35
(0.08, 1.57)
1.70
(0.73, 3.96)
3.34
(0.67, 16.65)
  Second or more 1.50
(0.74, 3.05)
2.25
(0.76, 6.68)
0.72
(0.11, 4.60)
0.57
(0.28, 1.16)
0.38
(0.04, 3.64)
0.92
(0.10, 8.68)
Gender
 Male (ref.)
 Female0.49
(0.33, 0.74)*
0.75
(0.47, 1.20)
0.75
(0.40, 1.41)
0.66
(0.38, 1.16)
0.49
(0.27, 0.90)
0.86
(0.40, 1.84)
Marital status
 Currently married (ref.)
 Not currently married 1.44
(0.83, 2.50)
1.55
(0.96, 2.51)
3.99
(1.95, 8.16)*
2.21
(1.16, 4.22)
1.19
(0.57, 2.51)
1.79
(0.97, 3.30)
Education level
 Associate degree or less (ref.)
 Bachelor’s degree or higher1.46
(0.92, 2.33)
0.70
(0.46, 1.08)
2.05
(0.88, 4.81)
1.64
(0.90, 3.00)
0.65
(0.38, 1.11)
1.94
(1.04, 3.63)
Poverty level
 <200% FPL (ref.)
 ≥200% FPL1.41
(0.82, 2.42)
1.87
(1.14, 3.09)
1.51
(0.69, 3.29)
1.20
(0.50, 2.91)
1.66
(0.89, 3.08)
1.13
(0.60, 2.13)
Health status
 Good (ref.)
 Poor 1.62
(1.00, 2.65)
1.83
(0.99, 3.38)
1.53
(0.90, 2.59)
0.63
(0.32, 1.23)
1.21
(0.70, 2.08)
1.22
(0.70, 2.13)
Smoking status
 Never smoker (ref.)
 Ever smoker 2.86
(1.89, 4.33)*
3.21
(2.05, 5.05)*
1.89
(0.95, 3.75)
4.26
(2.38, 7.64)*
2.70
(1.44, 5.07)*
8.43
(3.73, 19.06)*
Survey year
 2007 (ref.)
 2009 1.77
(1.00, 3.14)
0.96
(0.59, 1.58)
1.31
(0.63, 2.70)
1.16
(0.60, 2.25)
1.16
(0.63, 2.14)
1.06
(0.48, 2.34)
 2011/2012 2.13
(1.39, 3.25)*
1.04
(0.71, 1.54)
0.92
(0.47, 1.80)
3.04
(1.52, 6.07)*
0.97
(0.51, 1.83)
1.28
(0.57, 2.87)

FPL: federal poverty level.
*Bonferroni adjustment criterion of .