Table 2.
Prevalence of Discriminatory Experiences: Total Sample, and by Chinatown Residence, Acculturation Levels, and Recency of Immigration
Discriminatory Situations | Total Sample (%) | Chinatown | Acculturation | Recency of Immigration | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inside (%) | Outside (%) | Higha (%) | Lowa (%) | Not Recentb (%) | Recentb (%) | ||
At school | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6d | 0.2 | 0.6e | 0.4 |
Getting hired | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 4.5d | 0.8 | 2.6e | 0.8 |
At work | 8.0 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 13.2d | 6.4 | 11.2e | 5.1 |
Getting housing | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.5d | 0.8 | 1.8e | 0.6 |
Getting medical care | 2.6 | 2.1c | 3.5 | 4.5d | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
In store/restaurant | 3.2 | 2.1c | 4.6 | 6.2d | 2.3 | 4.1e | 2.4 |
Getting bank loan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6d | 0.1 | 0.4e | 0.1 |
On street/in public place | 10.7 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 15.9d | 9.1 | 11.4 | 10.0 |
From police/in court | 0.9 | 0.6c | 1.3 | 1.6d | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
Any of the above | 21.5 | 18.8c | 25.3 | 32.7d | 18.2 | 24.6e | 18.7 |
Notes: aHigh = above the sample mean on the PINE Acculturation Scale; low = below or equal to the sample mean.
bNot recent = above the sample mean on years in United States; recent = below the sample mean.
cSignificantly different from the subsample living outside Chinatown at p < .05.
dSignificantly different from the subsample with low acculturation levels at p < .05.
eSignificantly different from the recent immigrant subsample at p < .05.