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. 2023 Dec 14;89(1):31–59. doi: 10.1177/00031224231214288

Table 4.

Same-Year Books by Non-white Authors

Libraries Encyclopedias Syllabi Citations GoodReads
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Hypothesis 3
 Non-white Author .361**
(.127)
.492*
(.230)
.959***
(.107)
1.588***
(.308)
2.037***
(.350)
3.876***
(.543)
1.701***
(.227)
2.466***
(.297)
.325
(.437)
2.042***
(.525)
 Non-white Win Years .044
(.062)
−.039
(.105)
.097
(.070)
.344**
(.122)
.430
(.426)
.723
(.528)
.037
(.224)
.434
(.331)
−.361
(.344)
.370
(.361)
 Non-white x Win Years −.549*
(.230)
−.449*
(.201)
−.477*
(.241)
−.528*
(.209)
−2.276***
(.628)
−2.172***
(.504)
−.838*
(.359)
−.820**
(.316)
−2.368***
(.616)
−1.707*
(.712)
Controls
 White English Author .127
(.238)
.529
(.324)
.956*
(.398)
.252
(.259)
1.391**
(.432)
 White English Win Years −.023
(.122)
.249
(.138)
1.099*
(.534)
.508
(.332)
.442
(.405)
 White English x Win Years −.172
(.106)
−.132
(.122)
.015
(.302)
.024
(.215)
.175
(.406)
 Irish/Scottish/Welsh Author .121
(.237)
.748*
(.320)
1.171**
(.435)
.399
(.254)
1.295**
(.445)
 Irish/Scottish/Welsh Win Years −.094
(.145)
.314
(.166)
.514
(.592)
.518
(.408)
1.285*
(.508)
 Irish/Scottish/Welsh x Win Years .198
(.202)
.330
(.208)
1.524*
(.649)
.717
(.401)
1.321
(.816)
 Colonial White Author .376
(.252)
1.162***
(.327)
1.883***
(.534)
1.185**
(.346)
1.664**
(.491)
 Colonial White Win Year .049
(.154)
.489**
(.176)
.818
(.587)
.380
(.381)
.237
(.461)
 Colonial White x Win Year −.146
(.229)
−.091
(.259)
−.698
(.612)
−.524
(.465)
−.949
(.658)
 Woman Author .219*
(.107)
.061
(.132)
.241
(.252)
−.040
(.208)
−.117
(.240)
 Woman Win Year .043
(.084)
.140
(.099)
.023
(.215)
.134
(.179)
.753*
(.361)
 Woman x Win Year −.005
(.111)
.086
(.127)
.786*
(.389)
.160
(.275)
−.680
(.527)
 Conglomerate .528***
(.063)
.395***
(.076)
1.171***
(.175)
.842***
(.136)
1.238***
(.205)
 Bloomsbury .149*
(.075)
.255**
(.084)
.550**
(.199)
.339*
(.160)
.110
(.231)
 Postcolonial Setting .098
(.086)
−.020
(.105)
.311
(.255)
.305
(.261)
−.491
(.282)
 Postcolonial Main Character −.114
(.105)
.056
(.137)
−.800**
(.279)
−.529*
(.232)
.212
(.324)
 No Women Main Characters .050
(.068)
−.082
(.079)
−.423*
(.189)
−.223
(.132)
−.068
(.198)
 Other Prizes .465***
(.088)
.348**
(.115)
1.292***
(.235)
1.111***
(.220)
.832*
(.388)
 IMDB 1.003***
(.108)
.525***
(.089)
2.115***
(.313)
1.317***
(.197)
2.827***
(.322)
 Shortlisted 1.165***
(.091)
.997***
(.086)
1.077***
(.084)
.915***
(.084)
2.721***
(.541)
2.326***
(.244)
2.253***
(.301)
1.895***
(.201)
2.496***
(.588)
2.675***
(.449)
Constant 5.790***
(.057)
5.118***
(.278)
.066
(.063)
−1.316***
(.368)
1.461***
(.223)
−2.031**
(.770)
2.177***
(.143)
.408
(.463)
6.797***
(.239)
2.980***
(.687)
N 1,681 1,670 1,681 1,670 1,681 1,670 1,681 1,670 1,681 1,670

Note: Robust standard errors (clustered by author) are reported in parentheses.

*

p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 (two-tailed tests).