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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2016 Jan;40(1):132–143. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.40.1.15

Table 3.

Experiences of Discrimination Measure (EOD) and Response to Discrimination

Experience of Discrimination Overall (%) (N = 214) Male (%) (N = 93) Female (%) (N = 120) Fisher's exact test χ2 p-value
School 0.14
    Never 11.68 8.60 14.17
    1 2.80 2.15 3.33
    2-3 8.88 7.53 10.00
    4+ 76.64 81.72 72.50
Work 0.20
    Never 30.84 9.68 16.67
    1 1.87 4.30 3.33
    2-3 10.75 15.05 17.50
    4+ 56.54 70.97 62.50
Job Search
    Never 15.42 11.83 18.33
    1 1.40 1.08 1.67
    2-3 18.22 17.20 19.17
    4+ 64.95 69.89 60.83
Housing 0.99
    Never 30.37 30.11 30.83
    1 6.54 8.60 5.00
    2-3 17.76 13.98 20.83
    4+ 45.33 47.31 43.33
Medical Care 0.93
    Never 27.57 26.88 28.33
    1 7.94 8.60 7.50
    2-3 20.56 19.35 21.67
    4+ 43.93 45.16 42.50
Service 0.24
    Never 12.62 9.68 15.00
    1 1.40 2.15 0.83
    2-3 9.81 7.53 11.67
    4+ 76.17 80.65 72.50
Bank 0.71
    Never 35.51 35.51 73.08
    1 16.36 16.36 11.54
    2-3 16.82 16.82 3.85
    4+ 31.31 31.31 11.54
Public 0.29
    Never 12.15 9.68 14.17
    1 2.34 1.08 3.33
    2-3 11.21 11.83 10.83
    4+ 74.30 77.42 71.67
Courts 0.01
    Never 20.09 13.98 25.00
    1 17.29 10.75 22.50
    2-3 18.22 19.35 16.67
    4+ 44.39 55.91 35.83
Mean EOD (SD)
    Situation (0-9) 7.53 (2.48) 7.53 (2.29) 7.52 (2.64) 0.19
    Frequency (0-45) 34.06 (13.96) 31.87 (14.75 28.82 (12.76) 0.84
Cronbach's Alpha
    EOD, situation 0.91 0.88 0.93
    EOD, frequency 0.85 0.85 0.85