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

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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.