TABLE 3.
—Odds Ratios (ORs) From Regression Analysis of Self-Assessed Fair or Poor Health, by Social Class and Experience and Perceptions of Racism
| Ethnic Group | |||||
| Caribbean (n = 582), OR (95% CI) | Indian (n = 973), OR (95% CI) | Pakistani and Bangladeshi (n = 848), OR (95% CI) | Chinese (n = 104), OR (95% CI) | Total (n = 2507), OR (95% CI) | |
| Experience of racial harassment | |||||
| No attack | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Verbal abuse | 1.29 (0.70, 2.39) | 1.94 (1.00, 3.74) | 2.17 (1.06, 4.45) | 0.62 (0.12, 3.12) | 1.54 (1.07, 2.21) |
| Physical attack | 1.02 (0.27, 3.86) | 3.88 (1.39, 10.86) | 2.53 (0.98, 6.52) | 1.23 (0.14, 11.00) | 2.07 (1.14, 3.76) |
| Perception of discrimination | |||||
| Fewer than half of employers racist | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Most employers racist | 1.37 (0.90, 2.10) | 1.20 (0.81, 1.76) | 1.76 (1.11, 2.78) | 1.18 (0.34, 4.10) | 1.39 (1.10, 1.76) |
| Social class | |||||
| Nonmanual | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Manual | 0.96 (0.54, 1.72) | 1.86 (1.20, 2.90) | 1.43 (0.78, 2.63) | 0.82 (0.18, 3.71) | 1.44 (1.07, 1.94) |
| No full-time worker | 1.41 (0.82, 2.44) | 2.58 (1.63, 4.09) | 2.84 (1.62, 4.98) | 1.69 (0.49, 5.82) | 2.42 (1.82, 3.22) |
| Age | 0.98 (0.88, 1.09) | 1.08 (1.01, 1.16) | 1.12 (1.04, 1.21) | 0.93 (0.73, 1.18) | 1.05 (1.00, 1.10) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 1.62 (1.02, 2.58) | 1.62 (1.13, 2.32) | 1.85 (1.24, 2.76) | 1.13 (0.43, 2.98) | 1.61 (1.28, 2.01) |
Note. CI = confidence interval.