Higher-than Expected Social Security Reliance Among Educated Black Americans: Minorities' Diminished Returns in National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2023

Table 2.

Summary of logistic regressions withoutinteractions

Odds ratio Linearized Std. Err. [95% conf. interval] p

Social Security Income

Race (Black) 0.89 0.07 0.76 1.04 0.134

Age (Years) 1.09 0.00 1.09 1.10 < 0.001

Gender (Male) 0.99 0.05 0.90 1.08 0.757

Family Structure (Married) 0.82 0.04 0.75 0.90 < 0.001

Employment (Employed During Last Week) 0.36 0.02 0.32 0.39 < 0.001

Educational Attainment

Less than High School Diploma

High School Diploma 1.00 0.09 0.84 1.19 0.974

College Degree or More 0.66 0.06 0.55 0.78 < 0.001

Intercept 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 < 0.001

         

Social Security Disability Income

Race (Black) 1.47 0.12 1.25 1.73 < 0.001

Age (Years) 1.00 0.00 0.99 1.00 0.026

Gender (Male) 1.19 0.07 1.05 1.34 0.005

Family Structure (Married) 0.78 0.05 0.68 0.88 < 0.001

Employment (Employed During Last Week) 0.33 0.02 0.28 0.38 < 0.001

Educational Attainment

Less than High School Diploma

High School Diploma 0.50 0.04 0.43 0.58 < 0.001

College Degree or More 0.17 0.02 0.14 0.21 < 0.001

Intercept 0.45 0.06 0.35 0.58 < 0.001

           

Disability Benefit Income

Race (Black) 1.44 0.13 1.21 1.71 < 0.001

Age (Years) 0.99 0.00 0.99 1.00 < 0.001

Gender (Male) 1.22 0.08 1.08 1.39 0.002

Family Structure (Married) 0.85 0.06 0.74 0.96 0.012

Employment (Employed During Last Week) 0.31 0.02 0.26 0.36 < 0.001

Educational Attainment

Less than High School Diploma

High School Diploma 0.48 0.04 0.40 0.56 < 0.001

College Degree or More 0.14 0.02 0.12 0.18 < 0.001

Intercept 0.46 0.06 0.35 0.61 < 0.001

           

Income From Public Assistance

Race (Black) 1.67 0.23 1.28 2.19 < 0.001

Age (Years) 0.98 0.00 0.98 0.99 < 0.001

Gender (Male) 0.64 0.06 0.53 0.78 < 0.001

Family Structure (Married) 0.71 0.09 0.55 0.91 0.007

Employment (Employed During Last Week) 0.57 0.06 0.46 0.71 < 0.001

Educational Attainment

Less than High School Diploma

High School Diploma 0.67 0.09 0.51 0.88 0.004

College Degree or More 0.25 0.04 0.18 0.35 < 0.001

Intercept 0.21 0.04 0.14 0.31 < 0.001

Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2023.