Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Welfare Receipt of American Indian/Alaska Native People: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2023

Table 2.

Summary of logistic regressions withoutinteractions

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


Race (AIAN) 2.02 0.43 1.32 3.08 0.001

Age (Years) 0.98 0.00 0.98 0.99 < 0.001

Gender (Male) 0.69 0.08 0.56 0.87 0.001

Family Structure (Married) 0.65 0.09 0.50 0.84 0.001

Employment (Employed During Last Week) 0.47 0.06 0.37 0.60 < 0.001

Educational Attainment          

Less than High School Diploma Ref.        

High School Diploma 0.68 0.10 0.50 0.91 0.010

College Degree or More 0.23 0.04 0.16 0.33 < 0.001

Intercept 0.21 0.05 0.14 0.33 < 0.001

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