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. 2019 Mar 14;19:309. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6614-7

Table 2.

Experiences of racism, by social capital: univariable analysis

Measure of social capital Experienced racism Univariable analysis
% weighted prevalence Crude odds ratio (OR)
n * % 95% CI OR 95% CI p value
Able to get help from family?
 Yes 1026 3.9 3.7 4.2 1.0
 Sometimes 274 7.2 6.4 8.2 1.9 1.6 2.2 <0.001
 No 283 9.4 8.3 10.6 2.5 2.2 3.0 <0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 13 5.5 3.1 9.5 1.4 0.8 2.6 0.255
Able to get help from friends?
 Yes 1086 4.1 3.8 4.3 1.0
 Sometimes 342 7.8 7.0 8.7 2.0 1.7 2.3 <0.001
 No 150 7.1 6.0 8.4 1.8 1.5 2.2 <0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 18 4.9 3.0 7.9 1.2 0.7 2.0 0.485
Able to get help from neighbours?
 Yes 711 3.5 3.2 3.8 1.0
 Sometimes 388 6.6 6.0 7.3 2.0 1.7 2.2 <0.001
 No 452 7.1 6.4 7.8 2.1 1.8 2.4 <0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 45 5.2 3.7 7.1 1.5 1.1 2.1 0.020
Believe most people can be trusted?
 Yes 446 2.9 2.6 3.2 1.0
 Sometimes 696 5.4 5.0 5.8 1.9 1.7 2.2 <0.001
 No 439 9.6 8.7 10.6 3.6 3.1 4.1 <0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 15 2.2 1.3 3.8 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.341
Feel safe walking alone down street after dark?
 Yes 826 4.1 3.9 4.5 1.0
 Sometimes 280 7.0 6.2 7.9 1.7 1.5 2.0 <0.001
 No 411 5.8 5.2 6.4 1.4 1.2 1.6 <0.001
 Not applicable 55 2.5 1.9 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 24 4.7 3.0 7.2 1.1 0.7 1.8 0.571
Feel valued by society?
 Yes 627 3.5 3.2 3.8 1.0
 Sometimes 569 6.0 5.5 6.6 1.8 1.6 2.0 <0.001
 No 321 7.8 7.0 8.8 2.4 2.0 2.7 <0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 79 3.9 3.1 5.0 1.1 0.9 1.5 0.310
Feel there are opportunities to have a real say?
 Yes 414 3.1 2.8 3.4 1.0
 Sometimes 573 5.0 4.6 5.4 1.7 1.4 1.9 <0.001
 No 575 7.6 7.0 8.3 2.6 2.3 3.0 <0.001
 Did not know or refused to say 34 3.4 2.4 4.8 1.1 0.8 1.6 0.591

95% CI = 95% confidence interval

*n = raw unweighted sample size; however, prevalence and odds ratio estimates are based on weighted data

Bolding indicates that p value is significant at the p <0.05 level