The Impact of Ethnic-Immigrant Status and Obesity-Related Risk Factors on Behavioral Problems among US Children and Adolescents
Table 6
Disparity indices for mean behavioral problems index (BPI) and prevalence (%) of serious behavioral problems (SBP) among us children and adolescents aged 6–17 years by ethnic-immigrant status: the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health.
Serious behavioral
Serious behavioral
Serious behavioral
Mean behavioral
Mean behavioral
Mean behavioral
problem
problem
problem
problem index
problem index
problem index
Ethnic-immigrant status
Demographic model
Full model
Demographic model
Full model
Observed
SE
Adjusted
SE
Adjusted
SE
Observed
SE
Adjusted
SE
Adjusted
SE
prevalence
prevalence
prevalence
Score
score
score
Total population
11.76
0.34
11.76
0.34
11.76
0.34
100.00
0.22
100.00
0.22
100.00
0.22
Hispanic children of immigrant parents
13.21
1.55
11.67
1.39
10.21
1.26
99.36
0.99
98.17
1.01
97.34
1.03
Hispanic children of US-born parents
14.26
1.55
11.71
1.35
11.56
1.33
102.37
1.03
100.53
1.08
100.43
1.08
White children of immigrant parents
8.74
1.16
11.83
1.60
12.90
1.70
99.15
0.89
101.25
0.91
101.72
0.94
White children of US-born parents
10.13
0.37
11.75
0.45
11.99
0.47
100.86
0.24
101.95
0.27
101.99
0.27
Black children of immigrant parents
12.17
3.27
11.92
3.19
13.23
3.54
98.38
2.18
98.10
2.06
98.64
2.12
Black children of US-born parents
16.95
1.00
11.93
0.82
11.06
0.77
102.60
0.68
99.41
0.71
98.63
0.69
Asian children of immigrant parents
2.93
0.96
4.21
1.37
4.49
1.43
92.25
1.10
94.43
1.11
95.10
1.17
Asian children of US-born parents
9.63
3.60
12.03
4.18
11.93
4.19
99.82
2.41
101.11
2.41
101.71
2.40
Other children of immigrant parents
8.33
1.96
10.71
2.27
11.18
2.36
96.15
2.13
97.96
2.01
97.80
1.97
Other children of US-born parents
15.08
1.56
13.55
1.40
13.58
1.33
103.41
0.82
102.91
0.84
102.82
0.81
Percent variance explained (R-Squared)
0.78
4.42
10.46
PAR (%)—excess behavioral problem
75.09
64.20
61.82
7.75
5.57
4.90
Index of absolute disparity—RMSD
9.07
7.32
7.16
7.85
5.67
5.10
Index of relative disparity—CV (RMSD)
309.67
173.98
159.36
8.51
6.00
5.36
Observed versus
Observed versus
Observed versus
Observed versus
demographic model
full model
demographic model
full model
Reduction in absolute disparity (RMSD)%
−19.29
−21.06
−27.77
−35.03
Reduction in relative disparity (CV-RMSD)%
−43.82
−48.54
−29.49
−37.02
PAR: population attributable risk. RMSD: root mean square deviation. CV: coefficient of variation. In calculation of RMSD, the lowest SBP prevalence or mean BPI score (i.e., for immigrant Asian children) is used as the standard or comparison group.
