Table 3.
Unadjusted and Adjusted Associations between Covariates and Self-assessed Poor Physical Health (N=843)a
| Poor Physical Healthb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Race | ||||||
| Black | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
| Hispanic (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 0.02 | 0.16 | −0.07 | 0.17 | −0.08 | 0.17 |
| Male (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Family income, $ | ||||||
| <20,000 | 0.53* | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.30 |
| 20,000–50,000 | −0.09 | 0.28 | −0.10 | 0.28 | −0.10 | 0.28 |
| >50,000 (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Missing income | 0.15 | 0.29 | −0.04 | 0.30 | −0.05 | 0.30 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–34 (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35–54 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.19 |
| 55+ | −0.09 | 0.28 | −0.21 | 0.30 | −0.22 | 0.30 |
| 65+ | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.27 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 0.56* | 0.20 | 0.57* | 0.23 | 0.58* | 0.23 |
| High school graduate | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.21 |
| Any college (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Discrimination Variables | ||||||
| Types of discrimination | ||||||
| No discrimination (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Racial only | −0.10 | 0.67 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
| Nonracial only | 0.03 | 0.88 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.23 |
| Racial and nonracial | −0.01 | 0.96 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.24 |
| Other Relevant Covariates | ||||||
| Insurance | ||||||
| No | 0.41 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.29 |
| Yes (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Regular source of care | ||||||
| No | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.25 |
| Yes (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Social support | ||||||
| Low | −0.007 | 0.22 | −0.03 | 0.23 | −0.05 | 0.23 |
| Medium | −0.010 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.007 | 0.19 |
| High (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smoke | ||||||
| Every day | 0.05 | 0.21 | −0.01 | 0.22 | −0.003 | 0.22 |
| Some days | 0.04 | 0.25 | −0.04 | 0.26 | −0.04 | 0.26 |
| Not at all (ref) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Black composition | ||||||
| <25% (ref) | – | – | – | – | ||
| 25–50% | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.25 | ||
| 50+% | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.49* | 0.25 | ||
| Latino composition | ||||||
| <25% (ref) | – | – | – | – | ||
| 25–50% | −0.11 | 0.23 | −0.04 | 0.25 | ||
| 50+% | −0.35* | 0.18 | −0.41* | 0.29 | ||
a
Sample size was reduced by 30 respondents due to missing values.
b
Poor physical health was defined as one or more poor mental health day in the past 30 days.
c
Model includes black neighborhood composition variable.
d
Model includes Latino neighborhood composition variable.
**
p<.001,
*
p<.05.