Racial discrimination and health: exploring the possible protective effects of ethnic density

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Racial discrimination and health exploring the
possible protective effects of ethnic density

• Mai Stafford, James Nazroo, Laia Bécares
• Dept Epidemiology Public Health, UCL
• Dept Sociology, University of Manchester

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Concentrated deprivation inner-city
Poor health and well-being
Ethnic density (concentration, non-white)
Good health and well-being
HOW?
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Social support
Sense of community
Ethnic density
Social roles
Political mobilisation
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Main effect reduced exposure to discrimination
Ethnic density
Good health
Less interpersonal discrimination
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Interaction ethnic density mitigates effect of
discrimination
Ethnic density
Good health
Interpersonal discrimination
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Need to consider downsides too

• Socioeconomic deprivation
• Social disorder
• Inferior amenities
• Environmental hazards
• Discrimination by service providers
• Lack of contact with economic and political
  power?

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Study Aims

• Examine associations between ethnic density and
  discrimination, social networks, participation,
  amenities etc. deprivation
• Model harmful and protective pathways
  simultaneously
• Examine moderating effect of ethnic density on
  racism-health and deprivation-health relationship
  
• Do relationships differ by ethnic group?
• Own ethnic density or other ethnic density
  measure?
• Lack of contact with economic and political
  power?

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Data The Home Office Citizenship Survey (HOCS
2003, 2005)
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HOCS 2005 Sample Characteristics
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Employment Characteristics
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Area Deprivation
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Reports of experienced racism by a 10 increase
in own ethnic density
Odds Ratio



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Age and sex adjusted
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Social networks at different levels of own ethnic
density


Mean
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Community social capital at different levels of
own ethnic density
Mean
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Reports of political participation by a 10
increase in own ethnic density
Odds Ratio

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Social participation at different levels of own
ethnic density
Mean
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Future Steps

• Further exploration of hypothesised pathways
• Control for area deprivation
• Consider possible harmful and beneficial pathways
  simultaneously
• Own ethnic group or more general ethnic minority
  density?

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Racial discrimination and health exploring the
possible protective effects of ethnic density

• Mai Stafford, James Nazroo, Laia Bécares
• Dept Epidemiology Public Health, UCL
• Dept Sociology, University of Manchester