Table 4. Association of increasing own-group ethnic density with outdoor physical activity. Values are odds ratios (95% confidence interval).
| Unadjusted | Confounders Adjusted1 | Fully Adjusted2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School-level ethnic density * | ||||||
| White British | 0.86 | (0.77 to 0.96) | 0.86 | (0.77 to 0.97) | 0.94 | (0.82 to 1.08) |
| White Mixed | 0.97 | (0.66 to 1.43) | 1.05 | (0.68 to 1.62) | 1.04 | (0.65 to 1.67) |
| Bangladeshi | 1.05 | (0.98 to 1.12) | 1.02 | (0.95 to 1.10) | 1.04 | (0.94 to 1.14) |
| Black African | 0.78 | (0.57 to 1.08) | 0.77 | (0.58 to 1.04) | 0.78 | (0.56 to 1.09) |
| Neighbourhood-level ethnic density * | ||||||
| White British | 0.84 | (0.76 to 0.92) | 0.85 | (0.76 to 0.94) | 0.87 | (0.77 to 0.98) |
| White Mixed | 1.07 | (0.73 to 1.57) | 1.05 | (0.70 to 1.57) | 1.03 | (0.66 to 1.61) |
| Bangladeshi | 1.03 | (0.93 to 1.15) | 1.01 | (0.91 to 1.12) | 0.97 | (0.84 to 1.12) |
| Black African | 0.91 | (0.66 to 1.22) | 0.89 | (0.67 to 1.18) | 0.97 | (0.71 to 1.32) |
Results are from logistic regression models estimated with Generalised Estimating Equations to account for the dependency across repeated measurements. Missing data were handled using multilevel multiple imputation (20 datasets).
*
Assessed as change per 10 percentage points.
1
Adjusted for time, gender, health condition, family affluence, baseline free school meal status, household composition, time lived in the neighbourhood.
2
Adjusted for time, gender, health condition, family affluence, baseline free school meal status, household composition, time lived in the neighbourhood, the two ethnic density variables and their interaction with ethnicity.