Table 1.

Means and Percentage Distribution of Key Variables

		UNITED STATES			SOUTH AFRICA
Variables		African Americans	Caribbean Blacks	Whites	Black	Coloured	Indian	White
1.	Mastery	12.80(.07)	12.38(.32)	12.77(.13)	10.20(.10)	11.00(.31)	11.10(.43)	12.50(.19)
2.	Self-esteem	14.18(.06)*	14.21(.13)*	13.58(.14)	12.30(.07)	12.60(.17)	12.80(.18)	13.60(.22)
3.	Racial Identification	3.44(.02)*	3.34(.04)*	3.17(.03)	0.64(.02)	1.16(.05)	1.27(.15)	1.87(.14)
Discrimination (%)
4.	Major Racial	42.27(4.60)*	42.27(4.6)	9.37(1.16)	7.42(.85)*	7.53(1.57)*	10.20(2.3)*	2.64(.73)
5.	Major Other	38.00(1.18)	37.38(2.13)	50.28(2.19)	16.50(1.0)	14.20(1.85)	20.27(3.9)	17.84(2.8)
6.	Everyday Racial	34.54(1.00)*	32.58(2.96)*	3.20(.68)	11.73(.96)*	12.13(2.1)*	13.31(3.9)*	3.88(2.2)
7.	Everyday Other	14.16(.87)*	17.66(1.71)	29.65(2.98)	34.8(1.67)*	21.9(3.6)	27.63(3.3)	25.01(3.6)
Socioeconomic Status
8.	Median Income	$28,287*	$35,699	$40,000	R4500*	R16500*	R33250*	R67500
9.	Education
	a. % < High School	24.30(1.2)*	20.9(2.3)	15.1(2.4)	65.57(1.18)*	66.32(2.97)*	36.78(8.09)	30.65(3.09)
	b. % High School	37.7(1.1)*	29.7(1.6)	31.2(2.8)	23.0(.85)	15.9(2.33)*	34.2(3.5)	28.5(5.3)
	c. % > High School	38.0(1.6)*	49.4(2.7)	53.7(4.7)	11.43(.75)*	17.7(2.87)*	29.0(5.9)*	40.86(8.0)
10.	% Employed	66.8(1.1)*	75.2(1.7)	72.6(2.2)	27.32(1.49)*	36.71(3.97)*	30.01(1.30)*	53.62(3.58)
11.	% Home-ownership-US	49.9(1.9)*	45.0(2.6)*	62.8(5.5)
12.	% Computer Ownership-US	46.0(1.5)*	62.8(2.7)*	67.3(2.8)
13.	% Some Wealth-SA				17.8(1.23)*	31.45(3.29)*	43.53(6.0)	42.52(6.4)
14.	Assets-SA				6.15(.14)*	11.08(.36)*	13.2(.42)	14.8(.30)

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