TABLE 3.

Associations of Negative Employment Change with Psychological Distress by Race (N = 1510), the Health, Ethnicity, and Pandemic (HEAP) Study, 2020

Race	Negative Employment Change	Unadjusted (β and 95% CI)	Model I (β and 95% CI)	Model II (β and 95% CI)	Model III (β and 95% CI)
Non-Hispanic White, single race	No change	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Pay cut	2.80 (0.90, 4.69)	2.50 (0.74, 4.27)	2.43 (0.66, 4.20)	2.15 (−0.08, 4.37)
	Temporary unemployment	1.70 (−0.87, 4.27)	2.34 (0.18, 4.50)	2.33 (0.22, 4.44)	2.25 (0.22, 4.29)
	Permanent job loss	4.24 (1.32, 7.15)	3.75 (1.01, 6.49)	3.55 (0.97, 6.14)	3.10 (0.72, 5.49)
Hispanic or Latino	No change	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Pay cut	2.31 (−0.26, 4.88)	2.25 (−0.18, 4.68)	2.07 (−0.28, 4.41)	2.15 (−0.09, 4.37)
	Temporary unemployment	1.06 (−1.39, 3.52)	0.76 (−1.51, 3.03)	0.45 (−1.82, 2.72)	0.28 (−1.86, 2.42)
	Permanent job loss	4.28 (2.25, 6.30)	3.67 (1.68, 5.65)	2.81 (0.97, 4.65)	2.58 (0.83, 4.33)
Non-Hispanic Black, single race	No change	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Pay cut	1.16 (−0.70, 3.02)	0.87 (−0.85, 2.59)	0.68 (−0.94, 2.30)	0.25 (−1.17, 1.66)
	Temporary unemployment	1.47 (−0.86, 3.80)	1.68 (−0.48, 3.83)	1.22 (−0.96, 3.39)	0.68 (−1.45, 2.81)
	Permanent job loss	5.26 (2.60, 7.92)	4.85 (2.37, 7.32)	4.33 (1.81, 6.85)	3.69 (1.84, 5.54)
Non-Hispanic Asian, single race	No change	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Pay cut	2.56 (0.96, 4.16)	2.40 (0.80, 4.00)	2.23 (0.74, 3.73)	2.28 (0.73, 3.82)
	Temporary unemployment	3.31 (1.63, 5.00)	3.46 (1.84, 5.09)	2.66 (1.06, 4.26)	2.65 (1.19, 4.11)
	Permanent job loss	5.12 (3.27, 6.98)	4.35 (2.54, 6.17)	3.77 (1.93, 5.62)	3.76 (1.96, 5.56)

Multivariable linear regression. Model I: adjustment for age and sex; Model II: Model I + additional adjustment for marital status, educational attainment, and household income; Model III: Model II + additional adjustment for smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical exercise.