. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ethn Racial Stud. 2011 Apr;34(4):662–682. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2011.535906

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Sample Respondents by Ethnicity Means (Standard Deviation)

	Non-Hispanic Black (n = 57)	Hispanic (n = 52)	Non-Hispanic White (n = 66)
Perceived Racial Discrimination	3.33(5.44)^a	4.60(5.68)^a	.96(2.60)^b
Self-Esteem	31.19(4.16)^a	28.84(3.85)^b	31.17(4.51)^a
Ethnic Identity	30.28(4.72)^a	30.0(3.82)^a	27.16(5.30)^b
Age	9.69(1.44)	9.3(1.44)	9.73(1.75)
Gender (% female)	50%	49%	49%
Socioeconomic Status	37.89(11.84)^a	25.54(1120)^b	49.5(8.70)^c
Neighborhood^d
Poverty	17.48(15.50)^a	9.88(11.58)^b	9.75(9.78)^b
Unemployment	5.3(4.81)^a ^b	3.31(4.27)^c	2.60(1.83)^a ^b ^c
Female-headed households	16.68(9.46)^a	11.04(8.16)^b	9.11(8.01)^a
Black	49.73(37.75)^a	18.26(23.02)^b	16.08(26.76)^a

denote significant differences at p<.01

Neighborhood denotes Census tract percentages of poverty, unemployment, female-headed households, and black race.