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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2022 Apr 14;34(3):460–471. doi: 10.1177/08982643221085818

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Analysis of Race and Ethnicity Differences of Indicators of Major Discrimination1

African Americans Excluded Category Black Caribbeans Excluded Category


OR 95%CI N OR 95%CI N
Unfairly Fired
Black Caribbeans 0.79 0.41, 1.53 1396 African Americans 1.26 0.66, 2.42 1396
Whites 0.74 0.45, 1.21 Whites 0.94 0.43, 2.05

Not Been Hired for A Job
Black Caribbeans 1.23 0.45, 3.32 1367 African Americans 0.82 0.30, 2.20 1367
Whites 0.44* 0.25, 0.78 Whites 0.36# 0.12, 1.10

Denied Promotion
Black Caribbeans 0.84 0.47, 1.50 1384 African Americans 1.19 0.67, 2.13 1384
Whites 0.48* 0.28, 0.83 Whites 0.57## 0.27, 1.19

Stopped, Searched, Questioned, Physically Threatened or Abused by Police
Black Caribbeans 0.64 0.28, 1.48 1403 African Americans 1.57†† 0.68, 3.62 1403
Whites 0.32* 0.16, 0.67 Whites 0.50# 0.17, 1.51

Discouraged from continuing education
Black Caribbeans 0.96 0.35, 2.65 1395 African Americans 1.04 0.38, 2.87 1395
Whites 0.46* 0.24, 0.86 Whites 0.48# 0.16, 1.45
Prevented From Moving into A Neighborhood
Black Caribbeans 0.72 0.27, 1.92 1399 African Americans 1.39††† 0.52, 3.68 1399
Whites 0.13*** 0.06, 0.30 Whites 0.18*** 0.05, 0.61

Neighbors Made Life Difficult
Black Caribbeans 0.42 0.16, 1.10 1405 African Americans 2.40 0.91, 6.35 1405
Whites 0.58 0.32, 1.04 Whites 1.39 0.50, 3.84

Denied Bank Loan
Black Caribbeans 0.79 0.34, 1.81 1366 African Americans 1.27†† 0.55, 2.91 1366
Whites 0.08** 0.02, 0.32 Whites 0.10** 0.02, 0.49

Received Poor Service
Black Caribbeans 1.22 0.57, 2.59 1367 African Americans 0.82 0.39, 1.74 1367
Whites 0.69 0.39, 1.21 Whites 0.56 0.24, 1.32
1

All logistic regression models control for age, gender, family income, education, marital status and region.

*

p < .05;

**

p< .01;

***

p < .001; Standard Significance

p < .05;

††

p< .01;

†††

p < .001; False Positives: P values are significant but these are not significant relationships

#

p < .05;

##

p< .01;

###

p < .001; P values are significant and although the CI includes the number 1, the relationship is believed to be significant.