Fear of racism, employment and expected organizational racism: their association with health Export

@article{citeulike:5951166, abstract = {Background: Racism has been argued to be a focal element of larger societal inequalities which generate ethnic health disparities. Despite suggestions that socio-demographic characteristics of the victim may influence the impact of racism on health, little is known in the United Kingdom about how self-reported experiences of racism vary by socio-demographic characteristics, whether racism contributes to ethnic differences in health and whether there is a differential association between racism and health for certain socio-demographic groups. Methods: Multilevel logistic regression models were conducted using data from the 2005 Citizenship Survey to identify the demographic characteristics associated with reporting experienced racism; explore the association between health, racism and its contribution to ethnic inequalities in health; and explore the moderating role that gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic position (SEP) have in the relationship between racism and health. Results: Females were significantly more likely to report fear of racial and religious attacks, but reported lower odds of experiencing employment and expected organizational discrimination. A trend was observed for decreasing employment discrimination as SEP decreased. A reverse association was found for SEP and expected organizational discrimination, where people in the lowest employment categories reported lower odds of experiencing discrimination. Conclusion: This study highlights variations in the types of racial discrimination most commonly reported across different socio-demographic characteristics. Despite substantial differences in the experience of racial discrimination, the detrimental impact of racism on health was the same across socio-demographic groups. 10.1093/eurpub/ckp071}, author = {Becares, Laia and Stafford, Mai and Nazroo, James}, citeulike-article-id = {5951166}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckp071}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/5/504.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/5/504.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19482989}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19482989}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/eurpub/ckp071}, journal = {Eur J Public Health}, keywords = {discrimination, health, inequalities, measurement, racism, ses}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {504--510}, posted-at = {2009-10-16 14:17:22}, priority = {0}, title = {Fear of racism, employment and expected organizational racism: their association with health}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckp071}, volume = {19}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5951166 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5951166 N2 - Background: Racism has been argued to be a focal element of larger societal inequalities which generate ethnic health disparities. Despite suggestions that socio-demographic characteristics of the victim may influence the impact of racism on health, little is known in the United Kingdom about how self-reported experiences of racism vary by socio-demographic characteristics, whether racism contributes to ethnic differences in health and whether there is a differential association between racism and health for certain socio-demographic groups. Methods: Multilevel logistic regression models were conducted using data from the 2005 Citizenship Survey to identify the demographic characteristics associated with reporting experienced racism; explore the association between health, racism and its contribution to ethnic inequalities in health; and explore the moderating role that gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic position (SEP) have in the relationship between racism and health. Results: Females were significantly more likely to report fear of racial and religious attacks, but reported lower odds of experiencing employment and expected organizational discrimination. A trend was observed for decreasing employment discrimination as SEP decreased. A reverse association was found for SEP and expected organizational discrimination, where people in the lowest employment categories reported lower odds of experiencing discrimination. Conclusion: This study highlights variations in the types of racial discrimination most commonly reported across different socio-demographic characteristics. Despite substantial differences in the experience of racial discrimination, the detrimental impact of racism on health was the same across socio-demographic groups. 10.1093/eurpub/ckp071 IS - 5 JF - Eur J Public Health EP - 510 TI - Fear of racism, employment and expected organizational racism: their association with health VL - 19 SP - 504 KW - discrimination KW - health KW - inequalities KW - measurement KW - racism KW - ses AU - Becares, Laia AU - Stafford, Mai AU - Nazroo, James PY - 2009/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckp071 ER -