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. 2013 Dec 31;8(12):e84039. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084039

Table 4. Prevalence of racial discrimination exposures and health outcomes by the four self-identified–socially-assigned ethnicity categoriesa.

Characteristic SI Dom–SA Dom SI Min–SA Dom SI Dom–SA Min SI Min–SA Min
n n n n
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Racial discrimination
Verbal assault (ever) 702 173 27 1106
10.6% (9.7, 11.5) 18.2% (14.9, 21.6) 17.3% (10.3, 24.3) 22.5%, (20.8, 24.1)
Physical assault (ever) 163 29 10 232
2.8% (2.3, 3.4) 3.0% (1.5, 4.4) 7.5% (2.2, 12.8) 4% (3.4, 4.6)
Discrimination in health (ever) 76 35 8 260
1.0% (0.8, 1.3) 3.1% (1.9, 4.4) 3.7% (0.7, 6.6) 5.1% (4.2, 5.9)
Discrimination in work (ever) 113 33 9 414
1.8% (1.4, 2.2) 4.6% (2.5, 6.7) 5.5% (1.5, 9.4) 8.7% (7.7, 9.7)
Discrimination in housing (ever) 30 25 8 376
0.4% (0.2, 0.6) 2.0% (1.0, 3.0) 3.2% (0.0, 6.5) 6.4% (5.6, 7.2)
No experiences 5835 677 122 3157
86.8% (85.7, 87.8) 76.8% (72.9, 80.7) 75.6% (67.8, 83.4) 68.7% (66.9, 70.5)
One experience 676 151 25 967
10.3% (9.4, 11.2) 17.7% (14.3, 21.0) 13.1% (7.4, 18.8) 20.5% (18.9, 22.0)
Two or more 190 59 16 572
3.0% (2.5, 3.5) 5.6% (3.7, 7.4) 11.3% (5.1, 17.6) 10.8% (9.7, 11.9)
Self-rated health
Excellent self-rated health 1306 137 29 710
20.8% (19.6, 22.0) 14.0% (11.0, 17.0) 19.4% (12.2, 26.7) 16.3% (14.9, 17.7)
Very good self-rated health 2806 354 53 1702
42.7% (41.3, 44.1) 43.5% (38.7, 48.3) 32.2% (23.6, 40.8) 36.1% (34.2, 38.0)
Good self-rated health 1873 301 54 1674
27.0% (25.7, 28.3) 31.8% (27.3, 36.3) 32.0% (23.8, 40.2) 35.0% (33.2, 36.9)
Fair self-rated health 604 79 22 515
7.8% (7.1, 8.5) 8.2% (5.8, 10.5) 13.9% (7.5, 20.4) 10.3% (9.2, 11.4)
Poor self-rated health 118 22 7 121
1.7% (1.3, 2.0) 2.5% (1.2, 3.8) 2.4% (0.2, 4.7) 2.3% (1.8, 2.7)
Kessler 10 (psychological distress)
Mean (95% CI) 3.17 5.08 4.31 4.27
(3.04, 3.30) (4.07, 6.09) (3.81, 4.80) (4.05, 4.49)
Median (Interquartile range) 1.3 2.1 2.6 1.8
(0.0, 3.8) (0.2, 5.1) (0.0, 6.5) (0.0, 5.4)

a Unweighted frequencies (n); weighted value for percentages, means, and medians.