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Table 1 Characteristics of batey residents stratified by ethnic group, Dominican Republic, 2016, (n = 768; population-level estimates shown)

From: Perceived discrimination in bateyes of the Dominican Republic: results from the Everyday Discrimination Scale and implications for public health programs

Characteristic

Haitian-born

Dominican-born, Haitian descent

Dominican-born, no Haitian descent

p adj. Wald test*

% (95% CI)

42.5% (32.0—53.7)

25.5% (21.3—30.1)

32.0% (21.8—44.4)

 

Region

 Southwest

18.7 (12.2—27.4)

50.3 (36.0—64.5)

31.1 (17.9—48.3)

< 0.001*

 North

24.4 (10.1—48.2)

13.6 (7.4—23.6)

62.0 (34.9—83.3)

 East

51.1 (37.6—64.5)

23.1 (19.4—27.2)

25.8 (15.5—39.8)

Age in years, mean (SE)

43.7 (2.5)

41.3 (1.6)

50.0 (2.5)

0.024*

Female

39.2 (29.0—50.5)

68.8 (59.3—77.0)

62.6 (52.3—71.8)

0.001*

Completed survey in Spanish

3.6 (1.3—9.4)

34.5 (24.8—45.8)

97.7 (93.6—99.2)

< 0.001*

Documented

73.2♦ (64.4—80.6)

85.8 (74.3—92.7)

99.5 (96.9—99.9)

< 0.001*

Permanent resident

76.8♦ (67.8—83.9)

85.9♦ (79.2—90.6)

95.2 (90.9—97.5)

0.011*

Unemployed

27.1 (19.1—37.1)

39.0 (28.2—51.0)

46.5 (39.7—53.4)

0.001*

  1. Abbreviation: CI Confidence interval, SE Standard error
  2. *Indicates statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  3. ♦Missing = 1