Ethnic discrimination, asking for fair treatment, and poor self-rated health: a gender stratified analysis of 13,443 Korean Chinese waged workers in South Korea

Table 2 Association between perceived ethnic discrimination and poor self-rated health among Korean Chinese waged workers in South Korea (N = 13,443)

Perceived ethnic discrimination	Distribution	Prevalence	Total
	Distribution	Prevalence	Unadjusted		Model 1^a		Model 2^b
	N (%)	N (%)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Not experienced	10,681 (79.5)	814 (7.6)	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent
Experienced	2762 (20.5)	336 (12.2)	1.68***	1.47–1.92	1.88***	1.62–2.17	1.82***	1.57–2.10
Stratified by asking for fair treatment and situational improvements
Not experienced	10,681 (79.5)	814 (7.6)	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent
Experienced, not asked for fair treatment	2337 (17.4)	292 (12.5)	1.73***	1.50–1.99	1.91***	1.64–2.22	1.85***	1.58–2.15
Experienced, asked for fair treatment, not improved	264 (2.0)	27 (10.2)	1.38	0.92–2.07	1.67*	1.07–2.62	1.60*	1.02–2.53
Experienced, asked for fair treatment, improved	161 (1.2)	17 (10.6)	1.43	0.86–2.38	1.73	0.99–3.04	1.73	0.99–3.04

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
^aAdjusted for gender, age, education, length of stay in Korea, residential area, monthly income, marital status, visa type, Korean language ability, and survey year
^bIn addition to Model 1, adjusted for employment type, company size, working hours per week, and occupation

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