Table 2.
Ethnic variations in proportional and dichotomous illness attributions during FEP
| Illness attribution | White | Black | Asian | P value | Odds ratio (95 % CI)c | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | 14.07%a | 10.71 % | 13.57 % | 0.572b | White vs Asian | 0.94 (0,35, 2.50) |
| White vs Black | 0.64 (0.21, 1.94) | |||||
| Black vs Asian | 1.47 (0.47, 4.53) | |||||
| Natural | 4. 89 % | 8.10 | 4.26 % | 0.443b | White vs Asian | 1.05 (0.20, 5.51) |
| White vs Black | 2.33 (0.52, 10.52) | |||||
| Black vs Asian | 0.45 (0.10, 2.03) | |||||
| Social | 6.48 % | 5.95 % | 2.33 % | 0.373b | White vs Asian | 0.32 (0.06, 1.67) |
| White vs Black | 0.84 (0.22, 3.24) | |||||
| Black vs Asian | 0.38 (0.07, 2.20) | |||||
| Supernatural | 7.0 % | 11.9 % | 34.11 % | 0.001 b | White vs Asian | 4.02 (1.52, 10.62) |
| White vs Black | 1.16 (0.38, 3.57) | |||||
| Black vs Asian | 3.48 (1.25, 9.67) | |||||
| No attribution | 54.22 % | 54.76 % | 29.46 % | 0.009 b | White vs Asian | 0.33 (0.14, 0.78) |
| White vs Black | 0.99 (0.38, 2.56) | |||||
| Black vs Asian | 0.33 (0.13, 0.84) | |||||
CI Confidence Interval; aMean group percentage of total attributions; bBased on the Kruskall-Wallis test for non-normally distributed data; cBased on logistic regression analysis with at least 1 attribution as the outcome, Bold typeface indicates significant Odds Ratio