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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 May 2;75(12):2107–2115. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.046

Table 4.

Association between racism and discrimination, and suicidal ideation, hypertension and poor self-rated health among Caribbean American and Caribbean English people.

Suicidal ideation
Hypertension
Poor self-rated health
O.R. (95% CI) O.R. (95% CI) O.R. (95% CI)
Caribbean American
 Insulted in the last 12 months 1.85 (1.17–2.93)** 1.66 (1.10–2.51)** 1.77 (1.15–2.72)**
 Refused a job 1.60 (0.94–2.71) 1.20 (0.78–1.85) 1.24 (0.84–1.84)
 Treated unfairly at work or denied promotion 1.92 (1.03–3.58)* 0.89 (0.57–1.40) 0.86 (0.49–1.52)
Caribbean English
 Insulted in the last 12 months 2.07 (1.08–3.97)* 0.95 (0.50–1.83) 2.82 (1.56–5.06)
 Refused a job 2.36 (1.29–4.31)** 1.52 (0.93–2.48) 1.40 (0.83–2.25)
 Treated unfairly at work or denied promotion 1.53 (0.80–2.95) 1.85 (1.14–2.99)** 1.62 (0.92–2.8)
*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

p < 0.001; adjusted for sex, age, marital status, generation, household income, education, employment status, and area deprivation.