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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 May 6;199:167–180. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.051

Table 3. Results from Multilevel Ordered Logit Regression Models Predicting Self Rated Health by Race and Acute Discrimination among Upwardly Mobile NLSY Young Adults.

Model 1 Model 2
b SEa b SEa

Race
 NH White Ref Ref
 NH Black -0.1850 * 0.093 -0.0782 0.095
 Hispanic -0.3392 ** 0.106 -0.3193 ** 0.105
Acute Discrimination
 None Ref
 1-2 Times -0.4322 *** 0.087
 3+ Times -0.5913 *** 0.125
Age -0.0426 *** 0.011 -0.0405 *** 0.011
Female -0.2785 *** 0.071 -0.3425 *** 0.071
Marital Status
 Not Married Ref Ref
 Married 0.3018 ** 0.100 0.2711 ** 0.100
 Divorced/Sep/Widow -0.0871 0.197 -0.0343 0.196
 Cohabiting -0.2113 * 0.098 -0.1870 + 0.098
Region
 Northeast Ref Ref
 Midwest -0.0780 0.126 -0.1058 0.125
 South -0.0076 0.121 -0.0301 0.121
 West -0.1399 0.135 -0.1359 0.134
Employment Status
 Neither Ref Ref
 In School 0.5626 + 0.310 0.5578 + 0.304
 Working 0.6925 *** 0.150 0.7025 *** 0.151
 In School & Working 0.9704 *** 0.167 0.9532 *** 0.167
N 2,890 2,890

Source: NLSY79-Young Adult Survey

Note: All regression models controlled for age, sex, marital status, region of residence, and employment status.

a

Robust standard errors were calculated using the Huber/White correction method and clustered at the level of the original NLSY79 mother.

***

p < 0.001;

**

p < 0.01;

*

p < 0.05;

+

p < 0.10