Table 2.

Differences between Latino and white adults in reporting discrimination because of race/ethnicity

	Subject of discriminationa	N	Latino percentb	White percentb	P‐value for differencec
Belief in overall discrimination
General belief that discrimination against [your race/ethnicity] exists today in the United Statesd	All adults	1705	78	55	<.01*
Personal experiences of institutional discrimination
Employment
Applying for jobse	You	791	33	19	<.01*
Being paid equally or considered for promotionsf	You	800	32	13	<.01*
Education
Applying to or while attending collegeg	You	615	19	11	.06
Health care
Going to a doctor or health clinic	You	854	20	5	<.01*
Housing
Trying to rent a room/apartment or buy a househ	You	664	31	5	<.01*
Political participation
Trying to vote or participate in politics	You	851	15	4	<.01*
Police and Courts
Interacting with police	You	851	27	10	<.01*
Unfairly stopped or treated by the policei	You or family member	851	27	6	<.01*
Unfairly treated by the courtsi	You or family member	851	20	7	<.01*
Personal experiences of interpersonal discrimination
Racial/ethnic slursj	You	854	37	23	<.01*
Microaggressionsj	You	854	33	19	<.01*
Racial/ethnic fearj	You	854	15	7	<.01*
Violencei	You or family member	851	20	13	.05
Threatened or nonsexually harassedi	You or family member	851	19	16	.38
Sexual harassmenti	You or family member	851	11	9	.50
Actions based on concerns about discrimination
Avoided doctor or health care because of concerns of discrimination/poor treatment	You or family member	854	17	3	<.01*
Avoided calling the police because of concerns of discrimination	You or family member	851	17	2	<.01*

Latino and non‐Hispanic white adults ages 18+. Individual questions only asked among a randomized subsample of half of respondents within each racial/ethnic category. Don't know/refused responses included in the total for unadjusted estimates.

^aQuestions about you are personal experiences only; questions about you or family member ask if items have happened to you or a family member because you or they are [Latino OR White]. All adults asked about discrimination against [Latinos OR Whites] in America today.

^bUnadjusted percent, calculated using survey weights.

^c P‐value for difference between unadjusted estimates using t tests.

^dQuestion asked as “Generally speaking, do you believe there is or is not discrimination against [Latinos OR Whites] in America today?”

^eJobs question only asked among respondents who have ever applied for a job.

^fEqual pay question only asked among respondents who have ever been employed for pay.

^gColllege application/attendance was only asked among respondents who have ever applied for college or attended college for any amount of time.

^hHousing question only asked among respondents who have ever tried to rent a room or apartment, or to apply for a mortgage or buy a home.

ⁱQuestion wording: “Do you believe that you or someone in your family has [experienced/been _____] because you or they are [Latino OR White].”

^jQuestion wording: “In your day‐to‐day life, have any of the following things ever happened to you, or not?” and respondent indicated they had experienced this and believed this happened because they are [Latino OR White]. Racial/ethnic slurs = someone referred to you or a group you belong to using a slur or other negative word; Microaggressions = someone made negative assumptions or insensitive or offensive comments about you; Racial/ethnic fear = people acted as if they were afraid of you.

^*Statistically significant difference between Latinos and whites at P < .05.