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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;101(12):1274–1282. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31139-1

Table 3.

Correlates of Reported Job Turnover Due to Discriminationa

Characteristic n/Nb(%) Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic white 29/309 (9.4) Reference Reference
  Non-Hispanic black 25/85 (29.4) 4.02 (2.2–7.4) 3.94 (2.1–7.5)
  Non-Hispanic Asian 17/72 (23.6) 2.98 (1.5–5.8) 2.90 (1.4–5.9)
  Non-Hispanic other 5/24 (20.8) 5.54 (0.9–7.3) 2.21 (0.7–7.2)
  Hispanic/Latino 6/30 (20.0) 2.41 (0.9–6.4) 2.57 (0.95–7.0)
Sex
  Male 44/344 (12.8) Reference Reference
  Female 30/137 (21.9) 1.91 (1.1–3.2) 1.96 (1.1–3.4)
Sexual orientation
  Heterosexual 76/489 (15.5) Reference -
  Bisexual/homosexual 4/26 (15.4) 0.99 (0.3–2.9)
Nativity
  US born 56/397 (14.1) Reference -
  Non-US born 26/123 (21.1) 1.63 (0.97–2.7)
Age
  ≤40 16/102 (15.7) Reference Reference
  41–49 17/136 (12.5) 0.77 (0.4–1.6) 0.86 (0.39–1.90)
  50–59 31/168 (18.5) 1.22 (0.6–2.4) 1.40 (0.68–2.88)
  60–69 15/81 (18.5) 1.22 (0.6–2.6) 1.81 (0.78–4.17)
  ≥70 3/33 (9.1) 0.54 (0.1–2.0) 0.97 (0.25–3.81)
Religious affiliation
  Protestantism 26/181 (14.4) Reference -
  Catholicism 19/115 (16.51) 1.18 (0.6–2.2)
  No affiliation 15/87 (17.2) 1.24 (0.6–2.5)
  Judaism 5/55 (9.1) 0.6 (0.2–1.6)
  Hinduism 5/22 (22.7) 1.75 (0.6–5.2)
  Islam 4/16 (25.0) 1.9 (0.6–6.6)
  Other 8/41 (19.5) 1.44 (0.6–3.5)
Specialty
  Primary care specialties 32/179 (17.9) Reference -
  Surgical subspecialties 11/69 (15.9) 0.87 (0.4–1.8)
  Internal medicine subspecialties 7/64 (10.9) 0.56 (0.2–1.4)
  Ob/gyn or ob/gyn subspecialties 3/35 (8.6) 0.43 (0.1–1.5)
  General surgery 3/15 (20.0) 1.2 (0.3–4.3)
  Pediatric subspecialties 1/10 (10.0) 0.51 (0.1–4.2)
  Other 25/148 (16.9) 0.93 (0.5–1.7)
Medical school location
  United States or Canada 61/415 (14.7) Reference -
  Outside the United States or Canada 20/5 04 (19.2) 1.38 (0.8–2.4)
Board certification
  Yes 66/431 (15.1) Reference -
  No 16/88 (18.2) 1.23 (0.7–2.2)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

a

At least 1 voluntary or involuntary separation from a job since completion of medical training because of discrimination.

b

Numbers may not sum to total due to missing data.