TABLE 2.
Perception of Discrimination and Psychological Distress Among Haitians, Muslim Arabs, and Non-Muslim Arabs: Montreal, Quebec, 1998 and 2007
| 1998 |
2007 |
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| Haitians | Arabs | Muslim Arabs | Non-Muslim Arabs | Haitians | Arabs | Muslim Arabs | Non-Muslim Arabs | |
| Perceived discrimination, no. (%) | 79 (31.0) | 217 (25.8) | 100 (27.5) | 102 (23.5) | 44*** (54.3) | 138*** (39.4) | 86** (39.8) | 45** (37.5) |
| SCL-25,a mean (SD) | 1.34 (0.4) | 1.43 (0.4) | 1.45 (0.4) | 1.40 (0.4) | 1.37 (0.4) | 1.34*** (0.3) | 1.34** (0.3) | 1.33 (0.3) |
Note. SCL-25 = Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25. Numbers may not add to 100% because some respondents were missing data on religion.
a
The SCL-25 was used to measure psychological distress. The SCL-25 uses a 4-point Likert scale, with a score of 1.75 or above indicating severe distress.
*P < .05 ; **P < .01 ; ***P < .001.