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Table 1 Basic characteristics of subjects (n = 2963)

From: Individualized and institutionalized residential place-based discrimination and self-rated health: a cross-sectional study of the working-age general population in Osaka city, Japan

  

Subjects

Individual-level place-based discrimination, yes

Poor self-rated health

Characteristics

 

N (%)

N (%)

P for differencea

N (%)

P for differencea

Sex

Male

1332 (45.0)

61 (4.6)

<0.01

209 (15.7)

<0.01

 

Female

1631 (55.0)

130 (8.0)

 

195 (12.0)

 

Age group

25-34 years

660 (22.3)

36 (5.5)

0.06

57 (8.6)

<0.01

 

35-44 years

820 (27.7)

50 (6.1)

 

94 (11.5)

 
 

45-54 years

680 (22.9)

59 (8.7)

 

107 (15.7)

 
 

55-65 years

803 (27.1)

46 (5.7)

 

146 (18.2)

 

Perceived place-based discrimination

No

2772 (93.6)

NA

 

359 (13.0)

<0.01

 

Yes

191 (6.5)

NA

 

45 (23.6)

 

Working status

Working

2294 (77.4)

141 (6.2)

0.47

249 (10.9)

<0.01

 

Not working

502 (17.0)

35 (7.0)

 

116 (23.1)

 
 

Unemployed

156 (5.3)

13 (8.3)

 

37 (23.7)

 
 

Missing

11 (0.4)

NA

 

NA

 

Housing tenure

Home owner

1705 (57.5)

108 (6.3)

0.74

181 (10.6)

<0.01

 

Not home owner

1250 (42.2)

83 (6.6)

 

221 (17.7)

 
 

Missing

8 (0.3)

NA

 

NA

 

Education attainment

High school or less

1311 (44.3)

102 (7.8)

<0.01

232 (17.7)

<0.01

 

College or more

1646 (55.6)

89 (5.4)

 

171 (10.4)

 
 

Missing

6 (0.2)

NA

 

NA

 

Number of friends

0

284 (9.6)

8 (2.8)

0.02

72 (25.4)

<0.01

 

1-4

1171 (39.5)

72 (6.2)

 

175 (14.9)

 
 

5 or more

1480 (50.0)

107 (7.2)

 

153 (10.3)

 
 

Missing

28 (0.9)

NA

 

NA

 

Marital status

Married

1750 (59.0)

97 (5.5)

0.02

199 (11.4)

<0.01

 

Not married

1213 (41.0)

94 (7.8)

 

205 (16.9)

 

Poor self-rated health

No

2559 (86.4)

146 (5.7)

<0.01

NA

 
 

Yes

404 (13.6)

45 (11.1)

 

NA

 
  1. Abbreviation: NA Not applicable.
  2. aCalculated by chi-squared tests.