Table S3.
Results from one-sample t tests comparing estimates of progress toward Black–White economic equality with national statistics for the five individual items comprising our inequality index for each study
| Study 1, n = 444 | Study 2, n = 419 | Study 3, n = 312 | ||||
| Economic outcome | Mean (SD) | t-value | Mean (SD) | t-value | Mean (SD) | t-value |
| Health benefits | 26.66 (31.33) | 17.93 | 32.81 (33.17) | 20.24 | 27.65 (31.49) | 15.51 |
| College wages | 27.26 (29.15) | 19.71 | 33.81 (30.67) | 22.56 | 32.30 (27.68) | 20.61 |
| High school wages | 26.71 (29.03) | 19.38 | 31.64 (30.84) | 21.00 | 31.61 (30.46) | 18.33 |
| Wealth | 22.61 (30.73) | 15.51 | 26.86 (32.71) | 16.81 | 24.06 (27.67) | 15.36 |
| Income | 25.60 (30.95) | 17.43 | 30.53 (37.23) | 16.78 | 27.93 (31.30) | 15.76 |
| Composite | 25.77 (23.37) | 23.24 | 31.13 (25.39) | 25.10 | 28.71 (24.92) | 20.35 |
A mean of zero indicates perfect accuracy in estimates of Black–White equality of health benefits, college wages, high school wages, wealth, and income, respectively. All P values are <0.001.