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Table 4 Association between discrimination scales and psychological distress (convergent validity) and family wellbeing (divergent validity)

From: Developing and validating measures of self-reported everyday and healthcare discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

 

Any problems with racism in the community

High family wellbeing

% (n/N)

PR (95%CI)

% (n/N)

PR (95%CI)

Everyday discrimination score

 Not at all

24.6 (614/2500)

1 (Ref)

55.1 (1091/1982)

1 (Ref)

 A little bit

57.5 (1546/2687)

2.34 (2.17,2.53)

40.8 (957/2348)

0.74 (0.69,0.78)

 A fair bi

78.3 (325/415)

3.19 (2.93,3.47)

32.4 (119/367)

0.59 (0.50, 0.68)

 A lot

81.0 (94/116)

3.30 (2.95,3.69)

41.5 (44/106)

0.75 (0.59, 0.94)

 Missing

51.3 (143/279)

2.09 (1.83,2.38)

42.1 (107/254)

0.77 (0.65, 0.88)

Healthcare discrimination score

 Not at all

36.1 (1379/3825)

1 (Ref)

50.5 (1595/3157)

1 (Ref)

 A little bit

61.0 (1018/1668)

1.69 (1.60,1.79)

38.4 (555/1446)

0.76 (0.70, 0.81)

 A fair bit

72.7 (194/267)

2.02 (1.85,2.19)

33.1 (77/233)

0.65 (0.54, 0.78)

 A lot

67.7 (67/99)

1.88 (1.63,2.16)

33.7 (31/92)

0.67 (0.49, 0.89)

 Missing

46.4 (64/138)

1.29 (1.07,1.55)

46.5 (60/129)

0.92 (0.76,1.11)

  1. Restricted to participants with data on the outcome of interest. All models were unadjusted, and did not take into account potential geographic clustering in the sample, as the aim of this analysis was to test if the hypothesised association exists, rather than to quantify the magnitude of the association in the cohort