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. 2011 Nov 18;6(11):e27636. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027636

Table 7. Domains of self-reported experiences of racial discrimination: distribution and comparisons by race/ethnicity and gender: 504 black US-born and 501 white US-born participants, My Body My Story (Boston, MA, 2008–2010) (observed data).

Frequency (%) Comparisons by gender and by race/ethnicity Significance of interaction of race/ethnicity and gender
Black White Odds Ratio (95% CI)
EOD situation Women Men Women Men Gender Race/ethnicity
Black men vs Black women White men vs White women Black men vs White men Black women vs White women
At school 40.2 62.6 20.3 17.8 1.58 (1.30, 1.92) 0.92 (0.73, 1.16) 2.78 (2.16, 3.56) 1.62 (1.37, 1.93) p<0.001
Getting a job 36.5 69.7 15.6 21.1 2.00 (1.63, 2.45) 1.20 (0.95, 1.52) 2.93 (2.29, 3.75) 1.77 (1.46, 2.13) p = 0.001
At work 46.3 69.7 15.2 19.5 1.63 (1.34, 2.00) 1.16 (0.91, 1.47) 3.08 (2.40, 3.96) 2.19 (1.82, 2.64) p = 0.031
Getting housing 24.7 41.3 8.9 10.8 1.46 (1.20, 1.79) 1.11 (0.82, 1.51) 2.41 (1.82, 3.19) 1.83 (1.46, 2.31) p = 0.141
Getting medical care 16.1 21.9 4.1 4.9 1.21 (0.95, 1.54) 1.09 (0.71, 1.68) 2.34 (1.59, 3.45) 2.11 (1.54, 2.88) p = 0.679
At a store or restaurant 52.6 68.4 8.3 11.9 1.40 (1.14, 1.70) 1.22 (0.91, 1.65) 4.00 (3.03, 5.30) 3.51 (2.80, 4.40) p = 0.475
Getting credit, loan, mortgage 25.9 42.6 4.1 6.5 1.46 (1.19, 1.78) 1.27 (0.85, 1.90) 3.27 (2.34, 4.56) 2.85 (2.11, 3.86) p = 0.552
On the street or in a public setting 53.5 69.0 24.4 30.8 1.39 (1.14, 1.70) 1.17 (0.96, 1.44) 2.24 (1.78, 2.82) 1.88 (1.60, 2.22) p = 0.236
From police or in the courts 31.0 70.3 7.3 17.3 2.29 (1.87, 2.82) 1.63 (1.23, 2.17) 3.37 (2.60, 4.35) 2.39 (1.88, 3.04) p = 0.057

Note: values in bold indicate that the 95% CI for the odds ratio excludes 1.0, hence observed difference is significantly different (p<0.05); data presented: observed data (not including missing values).