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Table 3 Distribution of key variables by socially-assigned ethnicity combinations among people who self-identify as Māori

From: The relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, health and experience of racial discrimination for Māori: analysis of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey

Characteristic

Socially-assigned ethnicity

European-only

Any Māori or other non-European ethnicities*

Unweighted frequency

Unweighted frequency

weighted % (95% CI)

weighted % (95% CI)

Racial discrimination (reported individual experience)

  

  Verbal assault (ever)

147, 18.2% (14.5, 21.8)

578, 23.7% (21.5, 25.9)

  Physical assault (ever)

27, 3.4% (1.6, 5.2)

152, 6.1% (4.9, 7.3)

  Discrimination in health (ever)

29, 3.4% (1.8, 4.9)

147, 5.6% (4.5, 6.6)

  Discrimination in work (ever)

19, 1.9% (0.8, 3.1)

169, 6.6% (5.4, 7.8)

  Discrimination in housing (ever)

22, 2.2% (1.0, 3.3)

235, 8.1% (6.9, 9.4)

  No experiences

594, 78.2% (74, 82.4)

1583, 67.7% (65.3, 70.1)

  One experience

123, 16.3% (12.8, 19.8)

474, 20.0% (18.1, 22.0)

  Two or more

50, 5.5% (3.4, 7.6)

319, 12.2% (10.7, 13.8)

Health outcome

  

Self-rated health

  

  Excellent self-rated health

113, 12.9% (9.9, 16.0)

305, 13.9% (12.0, 15.8)

  Very good self-rated health

310, 44.4% (39.5, 49.3)

861, 35.4% (32.9, 37.8)

  Good self-rated health

265, 32.6% (27.9, 37.2)

857, 35.9% (33.5, 38.3)

  Fair self-rated health

63, 7.4% (5.2, 9.6)

295, 12.2% (10.6, 13.8)

  Poor self-rated health

20, 2.7% (1.2, 4.2)

71, 2.7% (1.9, 3.4)

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)

 

  Mean (95% CI)

4.12 (3.66, 4.58)

4.77 (4.47, 5.06)

  Median (Interquartile range)

2.1 (0.2, 5.0)

2.2 (0.2, 6.2)

  1. Note: unweighted frequencies; weighted prevalences, means, medians and 95% CIs.
  2. *Any socially-assigned Māori or other non-European ethnicity, either alone or in combination with socially-assigned European ethnicity (1848 Māori only, 288 Māori and European, 105 Māori and non-European, 148 other socially-assigned combinations).