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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2010 Jul;15(5):532–554. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2010.492563

Table IV.

Distribution of BICS Identity Types

BICS Identity Type Percent of Study Sample (n = 560)
Assimilated 10.4% (58)
Black American 8.8% (49)
Black American with Cultural Mistrust 1.1% (6)
Bicultural 8.0% (45)
Multicultural 1.6% (9)
Bicultural/Multicultural 11.6% (65)
Black American/Bicultural 13.9% (78)
Black American/Bicultural with Cultural Mistrust 3.4% (19)
Black American/Multicultural 8.9% (50)
Black American/Multicultural with Cultural Mistrust 2.0% (11)
Afrocentric/Black American 15.2% (85)
Afrocentric/Black American with Cultural Mistrust 4.6% (26)
Afrocentric/Bicultural 2.9% (16)
Afrocentric/Bicultural with Cultural Mistrust 0.5% (3)
Afrocentric/Multicultural 6.4% (36)
Afrocentric/Multicultural with Cultural Mistrust 0.7% (4)