TABLE 2.

Selected Characteristics of 22,002 Participants According to Perceived Racism (1997)

	“Everyday” Racism Score (Quartiles)				“Lifetime” Racism (No. of Events)
Characteristic*	1 (Low)	2	3	4 (High)	0	1	2	3
Age (yrs); mean	35.9	35.3	34.5	33.6	34.1	34.4	35.4	36.3
Education (yrs); mean	14.7	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.8	15.0	15.0	15.1
BMI (kg/m2); mean	27.4	27.5	27.9	28.8	27.9	27.9	28.0	28.3
Age at menarche (yrs); mean	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4
Parous; %	56	56	56	56	56	55	58	58
Married; %	41	41	40	37	39	40	40	40
White collar occupation; %	51	55	57	54	51	54	57	57
Income ≤$25,000; %	10	8	8	10	10	8	9	10
Pap smear in prior 2 yrs; %	90	92	90	89	91	91	91	88
Current oral contraceptive user; %	23	25	24	22	25	24	23	20
Current cigarette smoker; %	14	13	13	16	13	14	14	16
Current alcohol drinker (≥1/d); %	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4
Geographic region; %
Northeast	29	28	26	26	27	26	29	28
South	33	34	32	31	35	34	30	25
Midwest	20	21	23	24	22	22	22	24
West	18	17	19	19	16	18	19	23
Foreign-born; %	8	6	5	5	7	6	5	5

^*Characteristics are presented as means or percents within categories of racism variables and are age-standardized to distribution of cohort in 1997.