Table 1.
Group Consciousness Summary Statistics and Means Test
| Commonality (C): How close do you feel to each of the following groups of people in your ideas, interests, and feeling about each other? 1=Not close at all, 2=Not too close, 3=Fairly close, 4=Very close | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D. | N | Difference in Means1 | ||||
| Black | 3.398 | 0.733 | 742 | White-C-Whites | Black-C-Blacks | Hisp.-C-Hisp. | |
| Hispanic | 3.383 | 0.734 | 744 | Black-C-Blacks | 0.086 | -- | -- |
| White | 3.308 | 0.626 | 874 | Hispanic-C-Hispanics | 0.073 | −0.014 | -- |
| Asian | 3.23 | 0.725 | 495 | Asian-C-Asians | −0.068 | −0.154*** | −0.140*** |
| Collective Action (CA): It is important for people to work together to improve the position of their racial or ethnic group? 1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Somewhat Disagree, 3=Somewhat Agree, 4=Strongly Agree | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D. | N | Difference in Means1 | ||||
| Black | 3.803 | 0.51 | 747 | White-CA-Whites | Black-CA-Blacks | Hispanic-CA-Hispanics | |
| Hispanic | 3.666 | 0.645 | 737 | Black-CA-Blacks | 0.151*** | -- | -- |
| Asian | 3.665 | 0.583 | 496 | Hispanic-CA-Hispanics | 0.014 | −0.137*** | -- |
| White | 3.652 | 0.618 | 903 | Asian-CA-Asians | 0.013 | −0.138*** | −0.001 |
| Perceived Discrimination (PD): How much discrimination or unfair treatment you think different groups face in the U.S.? 1=None, 2=A Little, 3=Some, 4= A lot | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D. | N | Difference in Means1 | ||||
| Black | 3.464 | 0.666 | 752 | White-PD-Whites | Black-PD-Blacks | Hispanic-PD-Hispanics | |
| Hispanic | 3.197 | 0.791 | 746 | Black-PD-Blacks | 1.343*** | -- | -- |
| Asian | 2.719 | 0.706 | 494 | Hispanic-PD-Hispanics | 1.080*** | −0.262*** | -- |
| White | 2.127 | 0.906 | 908 | Asian-PD-Asians | 0.620*** | −0.722*** | −0.460*** |
| Linked Fate(LF): Two Part Question, Question 1. Do you think that what happens to [R Race] people in this country will have something to do with what happens in your life? If Yes, then, Question 2. Will it affect you a lot, some or not very much?0=no (from Q1) , 1=Not Very Much, 2=Some, 3=A lot | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D. | N | Difference in Means1 | ||||
| Black | 1.632 | 1.242 | 753 | White-LF-Whites | Black-LF-Blacks | Hispanic-LF-Hispanics | |
| Asian | 1.388 | 1.138 | 497 | Black-LF-Blacks | 0.372*** | -- | -- |
| White | 1.26 | 1.171 | 903 | Hispanic-LF-Hispanics | −0.201*** | −0.573*** | -- |
| Hispanic | 1.06 | 1.234 | 755 | Asian-LF-Asians | 0.128 | −0.244*** | 0.329*** |
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