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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Apr 11;19(6):379–387. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.008

TABLE 1.

Mean summary racism values in relation to selected characteristics of the Black Women’s Health Study participants (N = 43,103)

Racism summary variables
No. of women Everyday racism
Mean score (SD)* 		Lifetime racism
Mean score (SD)†
Age (yr), 1997
   <30 6,942 2.29 (0.81) 0.33 (0.31)
   30–39 14,571 2.20 (0.81) 0.38 (0.32)
   40–49 13,409 2.13 (0.80) 0.42 (0.34)
   50–59 5,870 2.00 (0.77) 0.42 (0.34)
   ≥60 2,311 1.73 (0.63) 0.35 (0.32)
Body mass index (kg/m2), 1997
   <25 15,274 2.10 (0.78) 0.38 (0.33)
   25–29 14,290 2.13 (0.80) 0.39 (0.33)
   ≥30 13,539 2.20 (0.84) 0.40 (0.33)
Education (yr), 1995
   ≤12 7,525 2.05 (0.81) 0.32 (0.32)
   13–15 15,481 2.17 (0.83) 0.39 (0.33)
   ≥16 20,097 2.15 (0.78) 0.41 (0.33)
Smoking status, 1997
   Current 6,815 2.19 (0.87) 0.41 (0.33)
   Past 8,382 2.12 (0.82) 0.41 (0.34)
   Never 27,902 2.10 (0.78) 0.37 (0.32)
Alcohol consumption, 1997
   Current 11,751 2.17 (0.82) 0.40 (0.33)
   Past 9,518 2.19 (0.84) 0.41 (0.34)
   Never 21,595 2.10 (0.78) 0.37 (0.32)
Vigorous activity (hr/wk), 1997
   <1 18,820 2.10 (0.80) 0.37 (0.33)
   1–4 19,518 2.18 (0.80) 0.40 (0.33)
   ≥5 3,904 2.19 (0.83) 0.41 (0.33)
Parity, 1995
   No children 15,798 2.20 (0.81) 0.37 (0.32)
   1 child 9,473 2.14 (0.79) 0.40 (0.33)
   2 children 9,734 2.10 (0.80) 0.40 (0.33)
   ≥3 children 8,058 2.07 (0.80) 0.41 (0.34)
Menopausal status, 1997
   Menopausal 11,680 2.03 (0.80) 0.41 (0.33)
   Premenopausal 31,139 2.18 (0.80) 0.38 (0.33)
Total energy, 1995
   Quintile 1 8,445 2.01 (0.74) 0.36 (0.32)
   Quintile 2 8,453 2.08 (0.76) 0.38 (0.32)
   Quintile 3 8,452 2.13 (0.80) 0.39 (0.33)
   Quintile 4 8,444 2.19 (0.82) 0.40 (0.33)
   Quintile 5 8,455 2.30 (0.87) 0.43 (0.34)
Percentage fat, 1995
   Quintile 1 8,354 2.11 (0.82) 0.39 (0.33)
   Quintile 2 8,359 2.13 (0.79) 0.39 (0.33)
   Quintile 3 8,359 2.15 (0.80) 0.40 (0.33)
   Quintile 4 8,364 2.16 (0.80) 0.39 (0.33)
   Quintile 5 8,365 2.16 (0.81) 0.39 (0.33)
Fast food, 1995
   <2/mo 9,169 2.00 (0.78) 0.38 (0.33)
   2–3/mo 8,828 2.10 (0.78) 0.40 (0.33)
   1/wk 10,681 2.16 (0.79) 0.39 (0.33)
   2–3/wk 8,715 2.20 (0.81) 0.39 (0.33)
   4–6/wk 3,047 2.27 (0.86) 0.39 (0.33)
   ≥7/wk 2,672 2.33 (0.88) 0.40 (0.33)
Total saturated fat, 1995
   Quintile 1 7,978 2.02 (0.76) 0.37 (0.33)
   Quintile 2 7,985 2.08 (0.77) 0.38 (0.32)
   Quintile 3 7,982 2.12 (0.78) 0.38 (0.32)
   Quintile 4 7,979 2.17 (0.80) 0.39 (0.33)
   Quintile 5 7,975 2.25 (0.84) 0.41 (0.33)
Household income, 2003
   <$25,000 3,980 2.15 (0.87) 0.37 (0.34)
   $35,000–$50,000 10,360 2.15 (0.81) 0.37 (0.32)
   >$50,000 18,834 2.14 (0.77) 0.41 (0.33)
Geographic region, 1997
   Northeast 11,326 2.13 (0.81) 0.39 (0.33)
   South 13,652 2.13 (0.79) 0.36 (0.32)
   Midwest 9,926 2.16 (0.80) 0.40 (0.33)
   West 8,106 2.15 (0.83) 0.42 (0.34)

SD = standard deviation.

*

Range: 1.0–5.0.

†

Range: 0–1.0.