TABLE 4—

Maternal Exposure to Interpersonal Racial Discrimination in the Workplace and Infant Very Low Birthweight

	Lifetime				Past Year
Specific Perceptions	Percentage VLBW n = 53	Percentage NLBW n = 110	OR	CI	Percentage VLBW n = 53	Percentage NLBW n = 110	OR	CI
Because you are African American, you are assigned the jobs no one else will do.	19	12	1.7	0.7, 4.3	12	8	1.4	0.5, 4.2
You are treated with less dignity and respect than you would be if you were White.	21	12	2.0	0.8, 4.7	23	11	2.3	1.0, 5.5
You are watched more closely than other workers because of your race.	17	8	2.3	0.8, 6.1	10	8	1.3	0.4, 4.1
Racial jokes or harassment are directed at you.	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Because you are African American, you feel as if you have to work twice as hard.	28	17	1.9	0.9, 4.1	25	18	1.6	0.7, 3.5
Tasks that require intelligence are generally given to Whites, while African-Americans get those that don’t require much thought.	20	12	1.8	0.7, 4.6	14	11	1.3	0.5, 3.6
You are often ignored or not taken seriously by your boss because of your race.	…	6	…	…	…	5	…	…
Whites often assume that you work in a lower status job than you do and treat you as such.	29	15	2.3	1.0, 5.1	32	15	2.6	1.2, 5.8
A White coworker with less experience and qualifications got promoted before you did.	…	10	…	…	…	9	…	…
When different opinions would be helpful, your opinion is not asked for because of your race.	10	9	1.1	0.3, 3.3	…	5	…	…
Total positive responses
≥1	47	34	1.7	0.8, 3.5	49	32	2.0	1.0, 4.3
≥3 or more	26	16	1.7	0.7, 4.0	27	16	1.8	0.8, 4.4

Note. VLBW = very low birthweight; NLBW = non–low-birthweight; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; … = undefined (< 5 subjects).