Table 1.
Association (ORs) of age, sex, born in Sweden, marital status, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, BMI, social participation, economic stress and mental health to self-reported experience of discrimination in the past 3 months all measured in 2008 among residents of Scania, Sweden aged 18–81 (N = 27,349).
| Variable | N | Discrimination | Prevalence | OR | CI(95%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18–24 | 2413 | 158 | 6.5% | 1 | |
| 25–34 | 3640 | 161 | 4.4% | 0.66 | 0.53–0.83 | |
| 35–44 | 4656 | 210 | 4.5% | 0.67 | 0.55–0.83 | |
| 45–54 | 4992 | 214 | 4.3% | 0.64 | 0.52–0.79 | |
| 55–64 | 5540 | 163 | 2.9% | 0.43 | 0.35–0.54 | |
| 65–74 | 4400 | 64 | 1.5% | 0.21 | 0.16–0.28 | |
| 75–81 | 1708 | 21 | 1.2% | 0.18 | 0.11–0.28 | |
| Total | 27,349 | 991 | 3.6% | |||
| Sex | Male | 12,311 | 402 | 3.3% | 1 | |
| Female | 15,038 | 589 | 3.9% | 1.21 | 1.06–1.37 | |
| Total | 27,349 | 991 | 3.6% | |||
| Born in | Yes | 23,584 | 789 | 3.3% | 1 | |
| Sweden | No | 3765 | 202 | 5.4% | 1.64 | 1.4–1.92 |
| Total | 27,349 | 991 | 3.6% | |||
| Marital | Married | 14,436 | 342 | 2.4% | 1 | |
| Status | Unmarried | 8368 | 448 | 5.4% | 2.33 | 2.02–2.69 |
| Separated | 3429 | 180 | 5.2% | 2.28 | 1.9–2.75 | |
| Widowed | 1116 | 21 | 1.9% | 0.79 | 0.51–1.23 | |
| Total | 27,349 | 991 | 3.6% | |||
| Smoking | No | 22,250 | 700 | 3.1% | 1 | |
| Yes | 3755 | 216 | 5.8% | 1.88 | 1.61–2.2 | |
| Yes, not daily | 1210 | 71 | 5.9% | 1.92 | 1.49–2.47 | |
| Total | 4965 | 287 | 5.8% | |||
| Missing | 134 | 4 | 3.0% | |||
| Alcohol | Never | 3188 | 177 | 5.6% | 1 | |
| 1 time/month > | 6196 | 268 | 4.3% | 0.77 | 0.63–0.94 | |
| 2–4 times/month | 9380 | 289 | 3.1% | 0.54 | 0.45–0.66 | |
| 2–3 times/week | 6239 | 166 | 2.7% | 0.47 | 0.38–0.58 | |
| 4 times/week < | 2135 | 82 | 3.8% | 0.68 | 0.52–0.89 | |
| Total | 25,003 | 982 | 3.9% | |||
| Missing | 211 | 9 | 4.3% | |||
| Physical | Sedentary | 3540 | 188 | 5.3% | 1 | |
| Activity | Moderate | 12,330 | 390 | 3.2% | 0.58 | 0.49–0.7 |
| Moderate regular | 6226 | 213 | 3.4% | 0.63 | 0.52–0.77 | |
| Regular | 4782 | 173 | 3.6% | 0.67 | 0.54–0.83 | |
| Total | 11,008 | 964 | 8.8% | |||
| Missing | 1184 | 27 | 2.3% | |||
| BMI | Normal | 13,049 | 450 | 3.4% | 1 | |
| Overweight | 9628 | 307 | 3.2% | 0.92 | 0.8–1.07 | |
| Obese | 3930 | 193 | 4.9% | 1.45 | 1.22–1.72 | |
| Total | 26,607 | 950 | 3.6% | |||
| Missing | 742 | 41 | 5.5% | |||
| Social | High | 15,928 | 489 | 3.1% | 1 | |
| Participation | Low | 11,181 | 485 | 4.3% | 1.43 | 1.26–1.63 |
| Total | 27,109 | 974 | 3.6% | |||
| Missing | 240 | 17 | 7.1% | |||
| Economic | Never | 21,024 | 526 | 2.5% | 1 | |
| Stress | Once or twice | 4036 | 213 | 5.3% | 2.17 | 1.85–2.56 |
| 6 months/year | 908 | 85 | 9.4% | 4.03 | 3.17–5.11 | |
| Monthly | 1020 | 147 | 14.4% | 6.56 | 5.4–7.98 | |
| Total | 5964 | 445 | 7.5% | |||
| Missing | 361 | 20 | 5.5% | |||
| Mental | Good | 22,183 | 430 | 1.9% | 1 | |
| Health | Poor | 4300 | 530 | 12.3% | 7.11 | 6.23–8.11 |
| (GHQ12) | Total | 26,483 | 960 | 3.6% | ||
| Missing | 866 | 31 | 3.6% | |||