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Table 2 Association between ethnic discrimination and poor self-rated health among marriage migrants in South Korea (N = 14,406)

From: Don’t ask for fair treatment? A gender analysis of ethnic discrimination, response to discrimination, and self-rated health among marriage migrants in South Korea

Experience of ethnic discrimination

Total

Male

Female

 

Unadjusted

Fully adjustedb

 

Unadjusted

Fully adjustedb

 

Unadjusted

Fully adjustedb

N

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

N

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

N

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

No

8,526

1

referent

1

referent

1,194

1

referent

1

referent

7,332

1

referent

1

referent

Yesa

5,880

1.34*

(1.12, 1.50)

1.49*

(1.31, 1.70)

1,021

0.84

(0.63, 1.13)

1.16

(0.81, 1.66)

4,859

1.46*

(1.59, 1.65)

1.53*

(1.32, 1.76)

  1. *p < 0.001
  2. OR odds ratio, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval
  3. aMarriage migrants who experienced ethnic discrimination
  4. bAdjusted for age, education, marital status, nationality, residential area, years of stay in Korea, income, occupation, the family’s perceived socio-economic position, and Korean language fluency