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).