Weighted prevalence of key exposure and outcome variables in the 2006/2007 and 2011/2012 New Zealand Health Survey, by child ethnicity*
| Māori children | Pacific children | Asian children | European/Other children | |||||
| 2006/2007 | 2011/2012 | 2006/2007 | 2011/2012 | 2006/2007 | 2011/2012 | 2006/2007 | 2011/2012 | |
| Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Key outcome variables | ||||||||
| Child health service utilisation | ||||||||
| No usual healthcare provider | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.1) | 2.9 (1.7 to 4.2) | 1.6 (0.4 to 2.8) | 2.4 (1.1 to 3.8) | 8.0 (5.6 to 10.4) | 4.7 (2.4 to 6.9) | 1.8 (1.0 to 2.6) | 2.6 (1.7 to 3.4) |
| Unmet need for healthcare | 6.6 (5.0 to 8.2) | 6.9 (5.2 to 8.5) | 4.1 (2.6 to 5.6) | 7.1 (4.9 to 9.4) | 4.0 (2.0 to 6.0) | 4.6 (2.3 to 6.8) | 3.1 (2.2 to 4.1) | 4.1 (2.9 to 5.3) |
| Dissatisfied with child’s medical centre† | NA | 10.5 (8.3 to 12.7) | NA | 8.0 (5.4 to 10.6) | NA | 9.2 (3.9 to 14.5) | NA | 6.7 (5.1 to 8.4) |
| Key exposure variables | ||||||||
| Caregiver perceived racism (‘ever’) | ||||||||
| Any racial discrimination | 30.0 (27.2 to 33.0) | 26.7 (23.6 to 29.8) | 21.1 (17.5 to 24.7) | 22.0 (17.7 to 26.3) | 30.0 (26.0 to 34.0) | 30.1 (24.8 to 35.3) | 14.4 (12.5 to 16.3) | 9.0 (7.5 to 10.5) |
| Level of racial discrimination (‘ever’) | ||||||||
| 1 report | 18.8 (16.3 to 21.3) | 16.4 (13.6 to 19.3) | 14.7 (11.3 to 18.0) | 13.1 (9.9 to 16.3) | 19.3 (16.1 to 22.6) | 16.8 (13.2 to 20.5) | 11.4 (9.6 to 13.1) | 6.4 (5.2 to 7.7) |
| 2 or more reports | 11.2 (9.3 to 13.2) | 10.0 (8.0 to 11.9) | 6.4 (4.5 to 8.3) | 8.4 (5.7 to 11.0) | 10.6 (8.1 to 13.1) | 12.4 (7.8 to 17.1) | 3.1 (2.2 to 4.0) | 2.5 (1.6 to 3.3) |
*Self-identified ethnicity data were classified as total Māori, total Pacific, total Asian and prioritised European/Other. The ‘total’ ethnic categories allow for individuals to be counted once in each ethnic grouping they identify with. These categories, therefore, may overlap.
†This variable was only available for those children who had visited their usual medical centre in the previous 12 months, 2011/2012 NZHS. Response options were categorised as ‘very dissatisfied/dissatisfied/neither satisfied or dissatisfied’ versus ‘very satisfied/satisfied’.
NA, not applicable.