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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Jun 2;0:241–250. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.054

Table 1. Means of Independent Variables (N=4921).

Mean/% (sd)
Color and Race/Ethnic Identification
 Color:Very Light 7% --
 Color: Light 40% --
 Color: Medium 36% --
 Color: Dark 17% --
 Int Race/Ethnicity: White 18% --
 Int Race/Ethnicity: Mestizo 53% --
 Int Race/Ethnicity: Indigena 10% --
 Int Race/Ethnicity: Mulato or Black 16% --
 Int Race/Ethnicty: Other 3%
 Slf Race/Ethnicty: White 9% --
 Slf Race/Ethnicity: Mestizo 45% --
 Slf Race/Ethnicity: Indigena 28% --
 Slf Race/Ethnicity: Mulato or Black 16% --
 Slf Race/Ethnicity: Other 2% --
Parent Indigenous 23% --
Discrimination
 Experienced Color Discrimination
   Never 81% --
   A little 10% --
   Sometime 7% --
   A lot 2% --
 Experienced Class Discrimination
   Never 67% --
   A little 16% --
   Some 13% --
   A lot 4% --
Socio-Economic Status
 Years of Education 9.94 (5.06)
 Wealth Index 0.03 (1.80)
 Employed 56% --
Health Access
 Any Health Insurance 54% --
 Urban 76% --
Demographic Control Variables
 Male 48% --
 Age 37.35 (13.24)
 Married or Cohabitating 62% --
 Religiosity
   Never/Not Religious 20% --
   Once per month or less 40% --
   Once per week+ 40% --
 Strength of Ethnic Pride 4.36 (0.72)
 Mexico 27% --
 Colombia 27% --
 Peru 28% --
 Brazil 18% --