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Table 3 Health and wellbeing outcomes by ethnic discrimination, Youth'07

From: Ethnic discrimination prevalence and associations with health outcomes: data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of secondary school students in New Zealand

   

General

excellent/very good/good

RADS significant depression

symptoms

Smokes cigarettes

at least weekly

Binge drinking

in last 4 weeks

Feels safe in neighbourhood

all/most of time

Self-rated achievement in school

near top/above or about the middle

Had experienced ethnicity-related bullying

Yes

n

241

64

26

78

168

244

  

%

86.5

23.6

9.7

30.0

65.3

87.1

  

95% CI

82.3 - 90.7

17.7 - 29.5

5.8 - 13.5

23.8 - 36.3

58.7 - 71.9

83.4 - 90.8

 

No

n

7832

881

612

2738

6511

7807

  

%

92.1

10.5

7.7

34.7

81.7

91.5

  

95% CI

91.3 - 92.9

9.6 - 11.4

6.8 - 8.5

32.1 - 37.3

80.0 - 83.3

90.7 - 92.3

Treated unfairly by the police because of ethnicity

Unsure

n

345

97

64

168

255

343

  

%

85.2

23.9

17.5

47.2

64.9

84.8

  

95% CI

81.7 - 88.8

19.8 - 28.1

14.0 - 21.0

40.9 - 53.6

60.3 - 69.4

81.5 - 88.0

 

Yes

n

278

67

72

178

255

271

  

%

84.4

20.7

23.7

56.8

64.9

82.3

  

95% CI

80.3 - 88.6

16.6 - 24.9

18.7 - 28.6

50.0 - 63.5

60.3 - 69.4

78.5 - 86.1

 

No

n

7006

732

468

2397

6191

6986

  

%

92.8

9.7

6.3

32.5

82.5

92.6

  

95% CI

92.1 - 93.5

8.8 - 10.6

5.5 - 7.1

29.8 - 35.2

80.9 - 84.1

91.8 - 93.4

Treated unfairly by a health professional because of ethnicity

Unsure

n

922

201

94

309

695

914

  

%

87.6

19.3

9.6

32.8

72.2

86.7

  

95% CI

85.5 - 89.7

16.7 - 21.9

7.8 - 11.5

29.4 - 36.2

68.9 - 75.5

84.3 - 89.1

 

Yes

n

273

70

46

120

188

285

  

%

83.1

22.2

15.9

41.3

66.4

86.9

  

95% CI

78.3 - 87.9

17.7 - 26.7

11.7 - 20.1

34.7 - 48.0

61.1 - 71.8

82.9 - 90.9

 

No

n

6876

684

502

2393

5828

6825

  

%

92.9

9.3

7.1

34.4

83.0

92.4

  

95% CI

92.1 - 93.7

8.4 - 10.3

6.3 - 8.0

31.7 - 37.2

81.4 - 84.6

91.6 - 93.2

Any ethnic discrimination

Unsure

n

1020

207

112

359

758

1000

  

%

88.2

18.1

10.7

35.0

71.1

86.4

  

95% CI

86.2 - 90.3

15.8 - 20.5

8.9 - 12.4

31.2 - 38.8

68.0 - 74.2

84.1 - 88.7

 

Yes

n

689

164

111

304

505

696

  

%

85.8

20.9

15.0

41.3

69.2

86.5

  

95% CI

83.1 - 88.4

17.9 - 23.9

12.0 - 17.9

36.6 - 46.0

66.1 - 72.4

84.2 - 88.8

 

No

n

5958

542

384

2094

5348

5946

  

%

93.3

8.5

6.1

33.5

84.2

93.2

  

95% CI

92.6 - 94.1

7.5 - 9.4

5.3 - 6.9

30.7 - 36.3

82.6 - 85.8

92.5 - 94.0