Table 3.
Unadjusted and adjusted associations between exposure to racial discrimination and days of poor physical health by race/ethnicity (HrQOL #2*)
| Experiences of discrimination | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative risk | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | p value | Relative risk | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | p value | |
| Overall population | Unadjusted (N = 2268) | Adjusted (N = 2194) | ||||||
| 1 or 2 vs 0 | 1.00 | 0.76 | 1.32 | 0.9929 | 0.94 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 0.6497 |
| ≥ 3 vs 0 | 1.49 | 1.15 | 1.93 | 0.0025 | 1.40 | 1.08 | 1.80 | 0.0101 |
| White | Unadjusted (N = 906) | Adjusted (N = 880) | ||||||
| 1 or 2 vs 0 | 1.38 | 0.82 | 2.34 | 0.2294 | 1.01 | 0.64 | 1.58 | 0.9820 |
| ≥ 3 vs 0 | 2.31 | 1.46 | 3.66 | 0.0003 | 1.81 | 1.06 | 3.07 | 0.0283 |
| Black | Unadjusted (N = 496) | Adjusted (N = 471) | ||||||
| 1 or 2 vs 0 | 1.20 | 0.74 | 1.94 | 0.4615 | 1.20 | 0.73 | 1.95 | 0.4747 |
| ≥ 3 vs 0 | 1.49 | 0.85 | 2.60 | 0.1591 | 1.33 | 0.82 | 2.18 | 0.2508 |
| Latino | Unadjusted (N = 560) | Adjusted (N = 548) | ||||||
| 1 or 2 vs 0 | 0.94 | 0.59 | 1.50 | 0.8037 | 1.10 | 0.74 | 1.63 | 0.6409 |
| ≥ 3 vs 0 | 1.09 | 0.72 | 1.67 | 0.6791 | 1.35 | 0.92 | 1.97 | 0.1235 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | Unadjusted (N = 224) | Adjusted (N = 215) | ||||||
| 1 or 2 vs 0 | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 0.0019 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 0.0006 |
| ≥ 3 vs 0 | 1.17 | 0.53 | 2.58 | 0.6900 | 1.04 | 0.53 | 2.06 | 0.9075 |
Data are weighted to the adult residential population per the American Community Survey, 2015
Adjusted relative risks are adjusted for age, sex, nativity, and material hardship
*Health-related Quality Of Life Question 2: “Now thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury, how many days during the past 30 days was your physical health not good?”