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Table 4 Associations between socio-demographic factors of respondents and perceived discrimination in health care: Odds ratios, (confidence intervals), and significances (N = 1,840)

From: Perceived discrimination in health care in Germany– results of a population survey

 

Perceived discrimination due to…

 
 

Age

Sex/gender

Racism1

Socio-economic status2

Disability/health issues3

At least one type of discrimination

Age in years

18–40

41–59

60+

1.00

0.16 (0.09–0.28)***

0.55 (0.36–0.82)**

1.00

0.52 (0.26–1.06)

0.17 (0.06–0.51)**

1.00

0.54 (0.30–0.99)*

0.30 (0.15–0.61)**

1.00

1.21 (0.80–1.83)

0.72 (0.45–1.15)

1.00

0.62 (0.44–0.87)**

0.27 (0.19–0.40)***

1.00

0.64 (0.49–0.84)**

0.34 (0.25–0.47)***

Sex

Male

Female

1.00

2.59 (1.83–3.67)***

1.00

7.30 (3.22–16.53)***

1.00

1.16 (0.72–1.88)

1.00

1.24 (0.89–1.72)

1.00

2.30 (1.75–3.02)***

1.00

2.07 (1.67–2.57)***

Migration background

No

1st generation

2nd generation

1.00

0.52 (0.23–1.20)

1.27 (0.84–1.94)

1.00

0.57 (0.12–2.64)

1.19 (0.58–2.44)

1.00

5.44 (2.80-10.54)***

2.78 (1.58–4.87)***

1.00

0.86 (0.42–1.73)

1.17 (0.76–1.81)

1.00

0.69 (0.37–1.27)

1.13 (0.79–1.61)

1.00

0.93 (0.60–1.44)

1.38 (1.04–1.83)*

Income

1st quartile

2nd quartile

3rd quartile

4th quartile

1.00

1.42 (0.88–2.30)

1.14 (0.70–1.86)

1.10 (0.67–1.80)

1.00

1.48 (0.60–3.61)

1.71 (0.72–4.08)

1.31 (0.54–3.21)

1.00

2.35 (1.13–4.87)*

1.45 (0.67–3.16)

1.47 (0.68–3.17)

1.00

1.15 (0.68–1.93)

1.19 (0.70-2.00)

2.28 (1.41–3.67)***

1.00

1.24 (0.82–1.87)

1.51 (1.01–2.25)*

1.56 (1.05–2.33)*

1.00

1.24 (0.90–1.70)

1.23 (0.89–1.68)

1.56 (1.14–2.13)**

Education

Highest

High

Intermediate

Low

1.00

1.35 (0.82–2.21)

1.03 (0.63–1.66)

1.29 (0.76–2.19)

1.00

1.40 (0.68–2.89)

0.56 (0.24–1.27)

0.22 (0.06–0.77)*

1.00

1.17 (0.57–2.42)

1.02 (0.49–2.12)

1.69 (0.81–3.55)

1.00

1.14 (0.68–1.93)

1.10 (0.67–1.82)

1.36 (0.81–2.29)

1.00

0.92 (0.58–1.48)

1.49 (0.99–2.25)

2.70 (1.76–4.14)***

1.00

1.12 (0.79–1.59)

1.26 (0.91–1.73)

1.88 (1.34–2.64)***

Nagelkerke’s R2

0.114

0.182

0.092

0.036

0.107

0.094

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; 1migration, religion, language problems, skin colour; 2income, education, occupation; 3disability, overweight, mental illness, addiction