Table 1.

Distribution of selected sociodemographic characteristics at year 15, by self-reported discrimination at years 7 and 15 among African-Americans: The CARDIA study, 1992–2001

Characteristics at Year 15	Discrimination Experience at Years 7 and 15†
	None (n=138)	Limited (n=311)	Moderate (n=327)	High (n=393)	P-Value *
Individual-level
Discrimination Experience (%)	11.8	26.6	28.0	33.6
Age in Years: Mean (SD)	39.2 (3.8)	39.6 (3.8)	39.3 (3.7)	39.8 (3.7)	0.18
Gender (%)
Male	9.3	24.4	30.5	35.9	0.05
Female	13.4	28.0	26.4	32.2
Married (%)
Married	9.7	27.1	27.8	35.3	0.12
Non-married	14.0	26.0	28.1	31.8
Education (%)
Incomplete high school	27.8	18.1	31.9	22.2	<0.0001
Complete high school or GED	17.3	30.7	25.8	26.1
1–3 years of college	10.7	28.6	27.7	33.0
Complete College and higher	5.5	22.3	29.3	42.9
Income (%)
≤$34,999	16.5	28.1	28.8	26.5	<0.0001
$35,000-$49,999	10.7	28.0	25.3	36.0
$50,000-$74,999	9.9	28.2	31.3	30.6
≥$75,000	7.1	21.6	25.6	45.7
Unfair treatment coping mechanisms
Active	11.4	25.5	28.8	34.4	0.50
Mixed	11.2	29.3	26.1	33.3
Passive	17.3	29.3	26.7	26.7
Neighborhood-level
% of Blacks mean (SD) ‡	0.58 (0.35)	0.49 (0.34)	0.47 (0.34)	0.44 (0.33)	0.0003
Low	6.0	23.0	30.0	41.0	0.10
Middle	9.5	26.6	29.3	34.7
High	13.9	27.1	27.0	32.0
Neighborhood SEP Score mean (SD)	−3.96 (4.45)	−2.62 (4.72)	−2.18 (4.75)	−1.67 (4.74)	<0.0001
Low	14.8	28.7	28.8	27.7	0.0001
Middle	9.8	24.7	25.0	40.4
High	6.5	24.0	31.0	38.5

^*P-values for Chi-Square and ANOVA tests.

^†Categories for discrimination experience represent discrimination in 7 domains in years 7 and 15.

^‡Mean (SD) and tertile are presented for each measure.