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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 May 6;199:167–180. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.051
Description of Discrimination Measures Response Categories
Major Experiences of Discrimination Scale (MEDS)
In the following questions, we are interested in the way other people have treated you or your beliefs about how other people have treated you. Can you tell me if any of the following has ever happened to you:
  1. Have you ever been unfairly discouraged by a teacher or advisor from continuing your education?

  2. Have you ever not been hired for a job?

  3. Have you ever been unfairly denied a promotion?

  4. Have you ever been unfairly fired?

  5. Have you ever been unfairly stopped, searched, questioned, physically threatened, or abused by the police?

Yes/No
Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS)
In your day-to-day life, how often have any of the following happened to you?
  1. How often have you been treated with less courtesy than other people?

  2. How often have you been treated with less respect than other people?

  3. How often have you received poorer service than other people at restaurants or stores?

  4. How often have people acted as if they think you are not smart?

  5. How often have people acted as if they are afraid of you?

  6. How often have people acted as if they think you are dishonest?

  7. How often have people acted as if they are better than you?

  8. How often have you been called names or insulted?

  9. How often have you been threatened or harassed?

Very oftenFairly oftenNot too often Hardly EverNever