Table 3.

Regression Analysis of Criminal Justice Contact on Specific Indicators of Everyday Discrimination Among African American Men

	Better than You			Not Smart			Less Courtesy			Less Respect
	β	b	SE	β	b	SE	β	b	SE	β	b	SE
Age1	−0.22***	−0.02***	0.00	−0.15***	−0.01***	0.00	−0.11**	−0.01**	0.00	−0.09*	−0.01*	0.00
Years of Education	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.09**	0.05**	0.01	0.06*	0.03*	0.01
Personal Income	−0.06	0.00	0.00	−0.09**	0.00**	0.00	−0.01	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00
Marital Status
Separated/Divorced	0.04	0.17	0.14	0.01	0.03	0.14	0.01	0.05	0.12	0.01	0.05	0.12
Widowed	0.00	−0.01	0.30	0.00	0.03	0.30	0.02	0.15	0.28	0.01	0.10	0.31
Never Married	−0.01	−0.04	0.14	−0.08	−0.25	0.16	−0.01	−0.04	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.11
Criminal Justice Contact
Arrested	0.06	0.21	0.13	0.04	0.15	0.11	0.03	0.09	0.09	0.04	0.10	0.09
Reform School	0.02	0.25	0.40	0.08*	0.96*	0.43	0.09	0.86	0.43	0.09*	0.90*	0.43
Detention	0.05	0.45	0.31	0.08*	0.71*	0.30	0.01	0.05	0.17	0.04	0.28	0.20
Jail	0.04	0.17	0.13	0.03	0.11	0.12	0.07*	0.23*	0.10	0.03	0.08	0.09
Prison	0.03	0.25	0.29	0.07*	0.58*	0.26	0.07	0.55	0.31	0.07	0.49	0.26
Constant	--	3.99***	0.40	--	3.01***	0.30	--	2.40***	0.26	--	2.31***	0.20
F	14.54***			4.14***			4.69***			3.18**
R2	0.06			0.04			0.03			0.03
N	1143			1149			1149			1152

Abbreviations: β = standardized regression coefficient; b =unstandardized regression coefficient; SE=standard error

¹Several independent variables are represented by dummy variables. Marital Status, married and cohabit is the excluded category; Criminal Justice Contact, Never been arrested is the excluded category.

^*p < .05;

^**p< .01;

^***p < .001