Table 4.

Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios Predicting Fair or Poor Health Status

Variable	Unadjusted OR(CIs)*	Adjusted OR(CIs)** (n=11,038,537)
Perceived Health Care Discrimination
No	Reference	Reference
Yes	2.90(2.45,3.44)	1.71(1.35,2.16)
Race
White	Reference	Reference
Hispanic	1.71(1.42,2.04)	1.35(1.05,1.73)
African American	1.79(1.63,1.96)	0.95(0.81,1.11)
Sex
Female	Reference	Reference
Male	0.82(0.76,0.88)	0.97(0.87,1.08)
Age
18–24	0.19(0.15,0.24)	0.13(0.09,0.19)
25–34	0.19(0.16,0.22)	0.23(0.19,0.29)
35–44	0.27(0.24,0.31)	0.40(0.34,0.48)
45–54	0.44(0.40,0.49)	0.67(0.57,0.80)
55–64	0.65(0.59,0.71)	0.94(0.81,1.11)
65 or older	Reference	Reference
Income
< $15K	10.4(9.10,11.9)	5.64(4.54,7.00)
$15K – $25K	5.38(4.73,6.11)	3.35(2.79,4.02)
$25K – $35K	3.07(2.65,3.55)	2.43(2.01,2.94)
$35K – $50K	2.03(1.75,2.36)	1.66(1.40,1.99)
> $50K	Reference	Reference
Education
Less than HS	8.51(7.50,9.66)	3.50(2.88,4.26)
HS Graduate	3.06(2.74,3.41)	1.90(1.63,2.21)
Some College	2.12(1.87,2.39)	1.67(1.42,1.96)
College Degree	Reference	Reference
Health care coverage
Yes	Reference	Reference
No	1.35(1.21,1.50)	0.72(0.61,0.86)
Was medical care cost-prohibitive in last 12 months?
No	Reference	Reference
Yes	2.69(2.45,2.94)	2.10(1.81,2.43)
How often do you think about your race?
Once a month or less	Reference	Reference
Once a week	0.80(0.66,0.97)	1.01(0.81,1.28)
Once a day or more	1.39(1.23,1.58)	1.28(1.07,1.54)

^*Unadjusted ORs reflect the bivariate associations between health status and each variable.

^**Adjusted ORs reflect the association between health status and each variable, adjusting for all the other variables. State was included as an additional covariate in the adjusted model.