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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Rehabil Ther. 2024 Mar 12;6(1):1–11. doi: 10.29245/2767-5122/2024/1.1141

Table 3:

Logistic regression between educational attainment and professional specialty class overall and by race/ethnicity

Model 1 OR 95% CI p
Age Baseline 1.003 .984 1.023 .746
Male .539 .461 .630 <.001
Black .962 .767 1.206 .735
Latino .752 .492 1.151 .189
Education (Ref = Some High School)
 2.GED .018 .012 .027 <.001
 3.High-school graduate .031 .017 .056 <.001
 4.Some college .041 .033 .052 <.001
 5.College and above .197 .166 .236 <.001
Model 2
Age Baseline 1.003 .984 1.023 .741
Male .542 .464 .635 <.001
Black .743 .521 1.061 .102
Latino 1.186 .583 2.416 .638
Education (Ref = Some High School) <.001
 2.GED .007 .002 .019 <.001
 3.High-school graduate .000 .000 . .997
 4.Some college .033 .018 .061 <.001
 5.College and above .150 .092 .246 <.001
Education x Race .186
 2.GED x Black 3.936 1.273 12.175 .017
 3.High-school graduate x Black NA
 4.Some college x Black 1.285 .660 2.501 .461
 5.College and above x Black 1.382 .814 2.345 .231
Education x Ethnicity .424
 2.GED x Latino .132 .016 1.114 .063
 3.High-school graduate x Latino .000 .000 . .998
 4.Some college x Latino .679 .172 2.678 .581
 5.College and above x Latino .581 .211 1.595 .292

Table 4 shows that GED reduced and college and above increased the odds of working in sales occupational class. Some college x Black was significant suggesting that the association between Some college and working in sales occupational class was stronger for Black than White middle-age and older adults.