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. 2012 Mar 12;7(3):e32872. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032872

Table 4. Comparison of the mean PLSDa among three different response groups of the waged workers at the 7th wave of The Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (2004) within each gender in South Korea (N = 3,594).

Situations of discriminatory experiences Responses Females (N = 1,420) Males (N = 2,174)
α 95% CI α 95% CI
Hired Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 0.01 −0.18 0.20 0.68*** 0.51 0.85
No −0.37*** −0.55 −0.19 0.07 −0.08 0.23
Income Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes −0.04 −0.24 0.17 0.66*** 0.44 0.87
No −0.36*** −0.55 −0.17 0.07 −0.13 0.27
Training Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 0.19 −0.06 0.44 0.35** 0.12 0.59
No −0.10* −0.19 −0.01 −0.27*** −0.37 −0.16
Promotion Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 0.23*** 0.11 0.36 0.21*** 0.12 0.30
No 0.11** 0.05 0.18 −0.01 −0.07 0.05
Fired Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 0.99*** 0.61 1.36 0.51*** 0.23 0.80
No −0.14** −0.27 −0.01 −0.09 −0.20 0.03
Education Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 1.13*** 0.64 1.62 0.55 −0.40 1.50
No −0.48*** −0.72 −0.23 −0.41** −0.65 −0.18
Home Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 1.63** 0.59 2.67 2.59* 0.44 4.75
No 0.60 −0.23 1.43 1.12** 0.27 1.96
Social activities Not Applicable 0 Referent 0 Referent
Yes 0.05 −0.14 0.25 0.55*** 0.36 0.75
No −0.11 −0.28 0.06 0.08 −0.09 0.26
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001.

a

PLSD (Predicted Logit Score of Discrimination) was calculated by logistic transformation of the predicted probability to have experienced discrimination based on workers' socio-demographic and health-related variables in each of eight situations.