Table 2 Prevalence of discrimination experiences and health status by intersectional social status
From: Barrier or stressor? The role of discrimination experiences in health service use
Stressors and health symptoms | Indicators of intersectional social status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Migrant, mixed ethnicity, low SES | White British, low SES | Non migrant, mixed ethnicity, student | Non migrant, mixed ethnicity, skilled | Mixed migration status, mixed ethnicity, economically inactive | Migrant, mixed ethnicity, high SES | White British, high SES | Â | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
Everyday discrimination | ||||||||
 Below median | 41(36.9) | 37(30.9) | 28(26.2) | 39(23.6) | 49(48.1) | 70(36.8) | 153(49.6) | <0.001 |
 Median or above | 59(63.1) | 70(69.1) | 78(73.8) | 114(76.4) | 51(51.9) | 111(63.2) | 151(50.4) |  |
Reason for everyday discrimination | ||||||||
 Race/ethnicity | 16(23.7) | 1(1.4) | 15(17.3) | 30(26.4) | 14(20.1) | 51(36.3) | 19(7.9) | <0.001 |
 National origins | 9(12.2) | 0(0) | 3(2.8) | 1(0.8) | 2(2.7) | 12(7.4) | 3(1.4) |  |
 Education/income | 3(4.2) | 10(12.6) | 4(3.7) | 16(13.1) | 4(5.2) | 7(4.5) | 22(10.1) |  |
 Age | 5(9.3) | 13(16.4) | 14(14.9) | 10(7.8) | 11(14.7) | 7(5.5) | 40(17.9) |  |
 Gender | 3(5.0) | 0(0) | 12(11.6) | 4(2.8) | 8(9.8) | 9(5.8) | 30(11.7) |  |
 Other | 27(45.7) | 50(69.6) | 44(49.7) | 58(49.1) | 31(47.4) | 56(40.5) | 119(51.1) |  |
Major discrimination | ||||||||
 0 domains | 43(39.6) | 51(43.4) | 57(53.2) | 72(45.5) | 54(54.3) | 83(45.9) | 181(60.1) | <0.001 |
 1-2 domains | 28(29.6) | 35(34.8) | 31(30.4) | 61(41.3) | 39(39.1) | 71(40.3) | 97(31.8) |  |
 3+ domains | 29(30.8) | 21(21.8) | 17(16.4) | 20(13.2) | 6(6.7) | 27(13.9) | 27(8.1) |  |
Anticipated discrimination | ||||||||
 0 domains | 57(55.4) | 77(67.7) | 70(68.4) | 115(74.7) | 79(79.3) | 122(66.3) | 236(77.1) | 0.008 |
 1 domain | 30(30.6) | 19(20.9) | 28(24.7) | 27(18.5) | 17(17.7) | 44(25.2) | 56(18.6) |  |
 2+ domains | 13(14.0) | 11(11.4) | 8(7.0) | 11(6.8) | 3(3.0) | 15(8.5) | 13(4.3) |  |
Mental disorder | 42(44.9) | 42(41.1) | 28(25.5) | 33(20.6) | 15(14.3) | 30(16.2) | 41(13.2) | <0.001 |
Physical disorder | 25(28.9) | 34(38.9) | 19(17.6) | 28(17.7) | 9(9.5) | 18(9.5) | 24(7.6) | <0.001 |
Long standing illness | 69(67.4) | 88(80.4) | 39(34.9) | 70(40.2) | 60(59.3) | 67(35.2) | 95(30.3) | <0.001 |