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 | |||||
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b | SEa | b | SEa | |||
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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.
Robust standard errors were calculated using the Huber/White correction method and clustered at the level of the original NLSY79 mother.
p < 0.001;
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p < 0.05;
p < 0.10