Table 3

Prevalence of discrimination by number of correlates

N (%)DiscriminationP value
PrevalenceOR
Per cent95% CIOR95% CI
Single/one risk group only
 None (ref)11 653 (75.7)14.413.5 to 15.41.00
 Aboriginal and/or TSI only343 (2.2)36.128.6 to 44.33.632.64 to 5.00<0.001
 Country of birth**1688 (11.0)31.928.6 to 35.33.062.67 to 3.50<0.001
 Homo/bisexual only266 (1.7)32.125.1 to 39.93.012.25 to 4.03<0.001
 Disability only717 (4.7)29.424.8 to 34.32.251.84 to 2.75<0.001
 Morbid obesity only728 (4.7)24.920.6 to 29.81.751.43 to 2.13<0.001
No of risk groups
 None (ref)11 653 (73.5)14.413.5 to 15.41.00
 One3742 (23.6)30.428.3 to 32.62.602.35 to 2.89<0.001
 Two or more470 (2.9)38.231.9 to 44.93.502.75 to 4.46<0.001
  • *Adjusted for age, educational status, household income, SEIFA and employment status.

  • **Born in Southern and Eastern Europe/Asia/Africa.

  • SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas.