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Table 2 Ethnic discrimination, crude prevalences by ethnicity and adjusted comparisons between ethnic groups, Youth'07

From: Ethnic discrimination prevalence and associations with health outcomes: data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of secondary school students in New Zealand

   

Maori

Pacific

Asian

Other

NZ European

Total

  

n

52

31

95

19

83

280

Had experienced ethnicity-related bullying N = 8821

 

%

3.1

3.5

8.5

3.7

1.8

3.2

 

Yes

95% CI

2.3 - 4.0

2.2 - 4.8

6.8 - 10.2

1.7 - 5.8

1.3 - 2.3

2.7 - 3.7

  

OR

1.61

1.61

5.36

2.28

  
  

95% CI

1.01 - 2.56

0.99 - 2.62

3.75 - 7.67

1.27 - 4.12

1

 
  

n

96

58

57

20

99

330

  

%

6.5

7.5

5.4

4.2

2.2

4.0

 

Yes

95% CI

5.1 - 7.8

5.0 - 10.1

3.6 - 7.2

2.5 - 5.9

1.7 - 2.7

3.4 - 4.6

Treated unfairly by the police because of ethnicity N = 8284

 

OR

2.78

3.10

2.70

2.03

  
  

95% CI

2.03 - 3.80

2.02 - 4.73

1.75 - 4.16

1.25 - 3.32

1

 
  

n

128

69

63

16

128

404

  

%

8.6

9.0

6.0

3.2

2.8

4.9

 

Unsure

95% CI

7.1 - 10.1

7.1 - 10.9

4.6 - 7.4

2.0 - 4.5

2.3 - 3.4

4.2 - 5.5

  

OR

3.10

2.77

2.27

1.22

  
  

95% CI

2.30 - 4.17

1.86 - 4.14

1.63 - 3.17

0.78 - 1.91

1

 
  

n

84

74

58

19

95

330

  

%

5.0

8.6

5.3

3.7

2.0

3.8

 

Yes

95% CI

4.1 - 6.0

6.7 - 10.4

4.0 - 6.5

1.9 - 5.6

1.5 - 2.6

3.2 - 4.3

Treated unfairly by health professional because of your ethnicity N = 8785

 

OR

2.41

3.82

3.17

2.03

  
  

95% CI

1.76 - 3.31

2.63 - 5.57

2.03 - 4.95

1.09 - 3.76

1

 
  

n

248

117

230

73

386

1054

  

%

15.0

13.5

20.9

14.4

8.3

12.0

 

Unsure

95% CI

13.4 - 16.6

10.9 - 16.1

17.9 - 23.8

10.9 - 17.9

7.3 - 9.2

11.0 - 13.0

  

OR

1.57

1.38

3.27

1.79

  
  

95% CI

1.32 - 1.86

1.07 - 1.78

2.76 - 3.89

1.30 - 2.45

1

 
  

n

197

139

180

52

238

806

  

%

12.9

17.4

16.7

10.8

5.4

9.7

 

Yes

95% CI

11.0 - 14.8

14.2 - 20.7

14.0 - 19.4

7.8 - 13.7

4.5 - 6.2

8.6 - 10.7

  

OR

2.49

3.18

4.54

2.48

  

Any ethnic discrimination N = 8345

 

95% CI

1.96 - 3.16

2.34 - 4.32

3.49 - 5.91

1.82 - 3.38

1

 
  

n

290

136

220

79

431

1156

  

%

19.1

17.0

20.6

16.3

9.6

13.9

 

Unsure

95% CI

16.7 - 21.5

14.2 - 19.8

17.5 - 23.6

12.5 - 20.0

8.6 - 10.7

12.7 - 15.1

  

OR

1.92

1.61

3.09

1.88

  
  

95% CI

1.58 - 2.33

1.24 - 2.07

2.60 - 3.69

1.40 - 2.51

1

 
  1. Odds ratios compare the odds of reporting ethnic discrimination for each ethnic group using NZ European as the reference group and are adjusted for age, sex, NZDep2006, food security, housing mobility