TABLE VIII. Regression Models of Perceived Job and Insurance Discrimination.
Odds ratio | |||
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Covariate | Have you ever been denied health insurance/offered it at a prohibitive rate? | Do you feel you were ever not hired/passed over for a job because of your condition? | Have you ever decided not to apply for a job because you were concerned they would ask about your condition? |
Genetic disease (reference, non-genetic) | |||
Genetic | 2.06b | 3.71b | 1.17 |
Age category (reference, <40) | |||
40–49 years old | 1.21 | C | 3.51b |
50+ years old | 0.85 | C | 0.85 |
Income (reference, <$20K) | |||
$20–60K | 1.26 | 0.82 | 0.55 |
>$60K | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.48 |
Marital status (reference, married/partnered) | |||
Divorced/separated | C | 1.09 | 1.04 |
Widowed | C | C | 5.94a |
Single | C | 2.34 | 3.92b |
Race (reference, white) | |||
African-American | C | 1.22 | 0.88 |
Other | C | 1.91 | 0.82 |
Employment status (reference, full-time employed) | |||
Part-time employed | 1.86a | 1.10 | 1.33 |
Unemployed | 1.40 | 1.33 | 1.00 |
Here the odds quantities are the odds of answering yes versus the odds of answering no. BC, breast cancer; CC, colon cancer.
Significant at P<0.05.
Significant at P<0.01.