Table 3.

Overlap of interviewer-rated versus respondents’ self-rated skin tone—1995 Detroit Area Study African American men

	Very dark		Dark		Medium		Light		Very light		Total
Very dark	1		10		0		1		0		12
		12.5%		14.1%		0.0%		2.6%		0.0%		5.0%
Dark	7		33		23		1		0		64
		87.5%		46.5%		20.0%		2.6%		0.0%		26.4%
Medium	0		21		76		9		0		106
		0.0%		29.6%		66.1%		23.7%		0.0%		43.8%
Light	0		7		16		27		0		50
		0.0%		9.9%		13.9%		71.1%		0.0%		20.7%
Very light	0		0		0		0		10		10
		0.0%		0.0%		0.0%		0.0%		100.0%		4.1%
Total	8		71		115		38		10		242
		100.0%		100.0%	100.0%		100.0%		100.0%			100.0%

Note. The horizontal line is interviewer-rated skin tone and vertical line is self-rated skin tone (counts are statistically weighted).