Table 1.

Sample Characteristics for One- and Two-Stage Approaches,^a 2007 CHIS Discrimination Module Field Test

Sample Characteristics	1-Stageb		2-Stagec
	N	Weighted % (Mean)	N	Weighted % (Mean)
Total	3506	100.0	3460	100.0
Race/Ethnicity
White	1154	59.2	1100	58.8
Latino	908	18.6	892	18.3
African American	516	7.1	490	6.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	115	1.1	75	1.0
Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	598	11.3	633	11.4
Multiracial	215	2.7	270	3.8
Gender
Male	1378	50.7	1380	51.8
Female	2128	49.3	2080	48.2
Marital Status
Married	1768	56.7	1741	56.5
Living with Partner	178	5.7	179	5.7
Wid/Div/Sep	878	13.5	847	13.5
Never Married	682	24.1	693	24.3
English Proficiency
Very Well	2941	86.7	2908	88.8
Well	494	11.7	479	9.6
Not Very Well/Not at All	71	1.6	73	1.6
Born in USA
Yes	2626	80.0	2557	80.3
No	880	20.1	903	19.7
Insurance Status
Yes (Insured Past 12 Mos)	3046	85.2	3053	85.9
No	460	14.8	407	14.1
General Health
Excellent	684	23.0	668	21.8
Very Good	1126	33.5	1144	35.9
Good	1085	30.3	1053	27.7
Fair	428	10.1	430	11.9
Poor	183	3.1	165	2.7
Age (mean, in years)	3506	45.1	3460	45.3
Education (mean, years completed)	3506	14.4	3460	14.3
Income (below the U.S. poverty line)	3506	5.6	3460	5.9
% Life in United States	3506	91.2	3460	91.2

^aChi-square tests and t-tests were performed to test the difference of the distributions of each sociodemographic variable in the two samples. No statistically significant difference was found at alpha 0.05 level.

^bExplicit questions on racial discrimination.

^cQuestions about experiences conceptualized as discriminatory followed by attribution to racial/ethnic attributes.