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Table 2 Experiences of racism, by social capital: univariable analysis

From: Experiences of racism among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults living in the Australian state of Victoria: a cross-sectional population-based study

Measure of social capital

Experienced racism

Univariable analysis

 

% weighted prevalence

Crude odds ratio (OR)

n *

%

95% CI

OR

95% CI

p value

Able to get help from family?

 Yes

1026

3.9

3.7

4.2

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

274

7.2

6.4

8.2

1.9

1.6

2.2

<0.001

 No

283

9.4

8.3

10.6

2.5

2.2

3.0

<0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

13

5.5

3.1

9.5

1.4

0.8

2.6

0.255

Able to get help from friends?

 Yes

1086

4.1

3.8

4.3

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

342

7.8

7.0

8.7

2.0

1.7

2.3

<0.001

 No

150

7.1

6.0

8.4

1.8

1.5

2.2

<0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

18

4.9

3.0

7.9

1.2

0.7

2.0

0.485

Able to get help from neighbours?

 Yes

711

3.5

3.2

3.8

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

388

6.6

6.0

7.3

2.0

1.7

2.2

<0.001

 No

452

7.1

6.4

7.8

2.1

1.8

2.4

<0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

45

5.2

3.7

7.1

1.5

1.1

2.1

0.020

Believe most people can be trusted?

 Yes

446

2.9

2.6

3.2

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

696

5.4

5.0

5.8

1.9

1.7

2.2

<0.001

 No

439

9.6

8.7

10.6

3.6

3.1

4.1

<0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

15

2.2

1.3

3.8

0.8

0.4

1.3

0.341

Feel safe walking alone down street after dark?

 Yes

826

4.1

3.9

4.5

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

280

7.0

6.2

7.9

1.7

1.5

2.0

<0.001

 No

411

5.8

5.2

6.4

1.4

1.2

1.6

<0.001

 Not applicable

55

2.5

1.9

3.4

0.6

0.4

0.8

0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

24

4.7

3.0

7.2

1.1

0.7

1.8

0.571

Feel valued by society?

 Yes

627

3.5

3.2

3.8

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

569

6.0

5.5

6.6

1.8

1.6

2.0

<0.001

 No

321

7.8

7.0

8.8

2.4

2.0

2.7

<0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

79

3.9

3.1

5.0

1.1

0.9

1.5

0.310

Feel there are opportunities to have a real say?

 Yes

414

3.1

2.8

3.4

1.0

–

–

–

 Sometimes

573

5.0

4.6

5.4

1.7

1.4

1.9

<0.001

 No

575

7.6

7.0

8.3

2.6

2.3

3.0

<0.001

 Did not know or refused to say

34

3.4

2.4

4.8

1.1

0.8

1.6

0.591

  1. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
  2. *n = raw unweighted sample size; however, prevalence and odds ratio estimates are based on weighted data
  3. Bolding indicates that p value is significant at the p <0.05 level